CGTalk - Exploding models

klschuff

02-10-2003, 08:55 PM

I need a first step... I've got some lego models that were created by building all the pieces individually and assembling them into the model. Now I want to make them explode. I know reactor can do rigid body simulations, but the pieces intersect here and there, and they don't just fall and bounce once or twice. A handful fall right through the plane, and some other decide to shoot off into who-knows-where. The legos are all built to scale where 1 unit = 1 inch. I'm just wondering what settings I should be looking at to keep the simultion realistic. Any thoughts would be wonderful.

Kurt

BTW, some of the models are at http://www.meekrob.irken.net/legos.htm

treed

02-16-2003, 05:52 PM

Try using parry particle system, you can select objects that you want be exploded, and you have a lot of control over the settings. Or if you have any 3rd party plugins such as Thinking Particles from Cebas or Afterburn from Sitni Sati, there awesome.

gaggle

02-16-2003, 07:54 PM

If you're going to use particles you're going to really see intersections.

It sounds odd that Reactor would intersect rigid-body simulation. Because.. it doesn't do that.. :)
It sounds like something you can tweak your way out of, ie. you've set it up 'wrong' somehow, or you need to increase subframe-calculations, or.. well I don't know, I don't have much experience using Reactor. You should be able to throw as many objects around as you please though.

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