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Soft Body

Anonymous — Sun, 03 Sep 2017 23:20:30 GMT

hey, I'm pretty much a rookie with Maya and I was trying to achieve a soft body but I couldn't make get it.

When I apply a soft body to a sphere I can modify its attributes to get something like a deflate or even that it bounces but I'm not sure why it's not a real soft body, like a jelly or flexible ball. I'm definitely missing a parameter here but I'm not sure which one gets the trick because all I get it's not really soft

Re: Soft Body

mspeer — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 00:33:06 GMT

Hi!

A lot of Info missing, like current network and settings (maybe upload a scene-file).

If Soft Body doesn't fit your needs, you could try nCloth instead, there are also some presets available.

Re: Soft Body

john.paul.giancarlo — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 12:16:53 GMT

I am guessing you are using the bullet solver !

could you please share your file or show us your settings, maybe an example of what you are trying to achieve!

Cheers

Re: Soft Body

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 12:59:35 GMT

yep, I'm trying to use the bullet soft body I was hoping to get something along this line even if this is done with Real flow. Trying to get a "jelly-like" body, something that bounces like that, but I'm missing the parameters that make that soft, all I can get it's something that bounces maintaining its shape or that deflates like with the ncloth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nE2dzpzxtc&index=123&list=PLzInrU1w5Lhc4tEoc09VKyWuMI_v5YkKC

Re: Soft Body

john.paul.giancarlo — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 13:51:37 GMT

for this I would use ncloth ! use the first preset and go from there! it is much faster to set up and play with!

give it a try and let know how you get on! maybbe I can post a sample scene if you can’t make it work as you llike

but I am sure you will do it with ncloth a lot faster!

Re: Soft Body

john.paul.giancarlo — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:24:02 GMT

Hello friend I have made a test scene for you to have a look! find it attached

Re: Soft Body

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 19:56:55 GMT

That's lovely. It's clearly way better to go this way than going on with the bullet, thanks for the heads up, and for the scene, I really appreciate it.

Re: Soft Body

john.paul.giancarlo — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 20:09:37 GMT

you are welcome! cudos are always welcome!
shall I mark this post as solved? or would you like to keep it open?

Re: Soft Body

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 22:01:41 GMT

We can close it. I can always open another one if I bump into any other issue. Have a nice day 🙂

Re: Soft Body

antonigornik — Mon, 20 May 2019 13:14:32 GMT

Hi, I was looking for some answers regarding soft body dynamics, found your test scene - really explains a lot, thanks! But I have one more question: what if I would like to have one of these balls bounce really high? Setting bounce higher than one gives some weird results...

thanks in advance!

Re: Soft Body

john.paul.giancarlo — Mon, 20 May 2019 13:24:10 GMT

Hello, I would suggest trying a different method in this case, maybe try increasing the mass and inicial velocity , try reducing friction also... I would have a look later as I am traveling today and get back to you when possible.

Have a great day.