Maya Cloth Pleats.....?

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I have been working on this very problem. I was able to obtain nice folds in a skirt with the following technique, which is a little strange.

I started with a poly cylinder primitive and deleted everything but the top cap. I used the Poly>Smooth twice to increase the detail. Then I deleted the center faces to create the waist area.

Keeping the cap totally horizontal, I moved it into place on my body model waist, selected the verts in the center and constrained it to the body with a Point to Surface.

When you run the simulation it drapes very nicely into folds. To try pleating, I went in and selected every fourth edge radiating out from center and put the Normals>Harden on them. It sharpens the fold.

It's not perfect, but at least its a starting point. I hope that helps.

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