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mikemarmita

03-07-2007, 07:28 PM

I have been trying to model a curtain constrained to a rod. I cant figure out how to constrain the cloth to the rod. I tried going to the sub-object and grouped obj but i cant figure out how to assign constraints. Please help anyone. Thanks.

P.S. m using max

Piek

03-07-2007, 10:04 PM

Hi, I'm not near a copy of Max at the mo' so my recollection is a bit hazy, but there is a function in Cloth where you can "group" a selection of verts. Once the group is defined and named you can assign a property to it, in your case something called "surface" - or words to that effect. In the surface parameters you'll be able to assign the rod mesh. All these things should be in the Cloth rollout. Hope that helps.

mikemarmita

03-07-2007, 11:33 PM

Thank you very much. it was very useful :) Is there any tutorial cds or links that you can suggest for cloth. there is one in gnomon but it is for maya. m not sure wether I can use some of the infos there. :)

Piek

03-08-2007, 08:42 AM

These Quicktime Cloth tutorials from Autodesk are pretty comprehensive, one even covers Groups and Constraints:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=5903856

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=5903982

Good luck!

mikemarmita

03-08-2007, 08:50 AM

Thank you so much Piek! I am just new here and its good to know that there are experts willing to give a hand to newbies like me. Kudos!

Mike

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