https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-dynamics-forum/help-to-avoid-petal-intersections-with-flower-animations/m-p/10336811#M973 <P>I am working on a flower bloom animation, and have been struggling with avoiding intersections between petals. Currently each petal is low poly, animated with joints, and being offsetted with some randomness.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The goal is to avoid having to manually&nbsp;tweak each petal to not intersect.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is it possible to use some sort of simulation to do this? I've heard Houdini can do this with Vellum, and was wondering if Maya had a way to achieve a similar effect, perhaps with nCloth (which I don't have much experience with yet).&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Any advice would be appreciated.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 25 May 2021 04:44:33 GMT Anonymous 2021-05-25T04:44:33Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-dynamics-forum/help-to-avoid-petal-intersections-with-flower-animations/m-p/10336811#M973 <P>I am working on a flower bloom animation, and have been struggling with avoiding intersections between petals. Currently each petal is low poly, animated with joints, and being offsetted with some randomness.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The goal is to avoid having to manually&nbsp;tweak each petal to not intersect.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is it possible to use some sort of simulation to do this? I've heard Houdini can do this with Vellum, and was wondering if Maya had a way to achieve a similar effect, perhaps with nCloth (which I don't have much experience with yet).&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Any advice would be appreciated.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 25 May 2021 04:44:33 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-dynamics-forum/help-to-avoid-petal-intersections-with-flower-animations/m-p/10336811#M973 Anonymous 2021-05-25T04:44:33Z