TP with VB Normals problem

#1

I want to use volume breaker for the destruction of my building but when the building is supposed to collapse it … doesn’t. The building is fragmented correctly(can see in wireframe and some small lines in viewport) but the building doesn’t really collapse like i want. The fragments stick to eachother. How do i solve this- i reduced the friction and increased voxel size but no results. I tested the gravity force and it is working.

Also what would you reccomend the built in Volumebreaker or the fragmenter in thinking particles.

#2

VB is only good for the small pieces, just because its voronoi shapes lack any detail, which you need for bigger fragments. Use either Rayfire or procutter with a plane with noise and displacement for the bigger fragments. Also - don’t start with a whole building, which is a largescale project. Start small, create the workflow, then ramp it up :slight_smile:

#3

Yea, so far ive only tested on one floor and I do like rayfire, but what would you say the best way to activate the fragments would be, i mean I do not want the whole building to fall at once. I’ll test when I get home with rayfire and some helpers to activate a gravity force. Thx and I love your website!

If it helps- i modeled the building by using booleans to cut out windows then replacing the hole with a window, and an array for the number of floors. The floors are also cut in the middle (hollow) I guess VB can’t handle that. I saw somewhere that you make the object an edit poly and delete a few faces and make a shell modifier- ill try it for rayfire and vb

#4

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