how to make a chain with dynamic ?

[Minguez]

try this if you had not done so already:

1. Create a Nurbs Tourus
2. Set height ration to 0.2
3. Stretch it to an oval.
4. Duplicate and rotate 90dgr
5. Move to make a chain, and repeat duplicate.
6. Make shure no part is touching another part
7. Choose the first part of the chain and make Passive Rigid Body
8. Choose the other parts and make Passive rigid bodys
9. Slap on a gravityField to the passive rigid bodys
10. Press play and watch animation....

Then change the dynamics with additional fields and settings.


Tis was the first practiceexample I Made with Maya about a long time ago, think it was from a book or something...

[progerik]

thanks a lot minguez , but do you know a way to do that with joints ?

[Ckerr812]

http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/Tmpl/Maya/html/index.jhtml?page=/en/Community/Learn/how_tos/dynamics/dynamics_m.html

[Tom N.]

I think some people are a little confused about what you're trying to do.. I can't think of any easy dynamics way to do what you're trying using joints instead of rigid bodies. However that doesn't mean it can't be done.. maybe someone else will know how but all I can think of is that you might have to animate the joints yourself, i'd put a couple IK spline handles on it to get it to act like a chain but then you'd still have to animate it yourself...:shrug:


-Tom N.

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