Cloth Modifer and Rubber

[mattsimecek]

are there correct settings in the Cloth Modifier to get a geometry to have an "Elastic Effect"?....like hard rubber or a rubber band

[Anonymous]

One way would be using mCloth, which is part of 3DS Max's Mass FX toolset. I haven't used mCloth specifically very much, but it seems possible, perhaps by keyframing different states of the cloth. To show the MassFX toolbar right-click an empty area of the main toolbar, and select MassFX Toolbar from the dropdown.

Here is the reference for Mass FX:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/3DSMa...

Reference for mCloth Modifier

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/3DSMa...

In the Physical Fabric Properties rollout there is a stretchiness rollout. This video shows how to attach nodes to pull apart the verts of your cloth mesh.

https://youtu.be/1zPQkw8Azaw?t=186

[mattsimecek]

an interesting solution... i guess this means there are no settings in either cloth or mcloth the replicate rigid rubber.

ok. i'll definitely give this solution a good look.

thanks for the advice