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EckoModeler
04-19-2003, 09:16 AM
Does anyone know if it is possible to get SimCloth to act on a sub-object level, as in only certain parts of the mesh? I have a character I'm working on where I only want the sleeves and pant legs to behave like cloth, I've been experimenting, but have had less than satisfactory results. If anyone has come up with a reliable way to do this, or found a different plugin that can do this, please tell me.

Thanks,
Julian
Slugger
04-20-2003, 08:17 AM
If you are talking about Chaos-group's Simcloth for Max, I know there used to be a way(it was a really long time ago since I did this sort of stuff, Max3.1 days), as I recall it place a mesh select in your stack, and simcloth on top of it, now the mesh select should be left in sub obj mode, and if I recall it right the verts(not faces/edges) that was not to be included in the simulation would have to be selected, or was it the other way around?, try with a simple setup first, cloth and collision objects should be fairly low res, arent there any docs/tuts that came with the plug? Sorry to be of so little help, you might wanna try to post in 3dsmax forum,

cheers,
jimcoldt
04-22-2003, 03:22 AM
The same basic idea works when using Reactor in Max5... it's a little too complicated to explain in a post, but the manual that comes with max should help. I've used Reactor for this very purpose with good results...
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