[Bf-committers] softbody experiments

car trip at spymac.com
Fri Oct 1 21:56:22 CEST 2004


do you have a build to share???
:D

On Oct 1, 2004, at 10:29 AM, Ton Roosendaal wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've just committed the groundlayers for softbody, in my opinion  
> sufficient to do serious testing of proper algorithms for stable &  
> controllable particle+springs based physics in objects.
>
> Now I know several people have expressed interest in the topic, to  
> help out with the math/pyhisics here. Maybe we could devote a special  
> irc session to this?
>
> My idea was to do that 2nd half of our usual sunday meetings (15h GMT,  
> 17h CEST).
>
> I also like to keep the focus for such work limited, or in small  
> feasible steps forward... full fledged advanced cloth animation is  
> nice, but I see use especially for;
>
> - enhancing character animation by defining certain parts of geometry  
> to become 'physical' (flubbering skin, flapping ears, etc)
> - have simple yello-based physics and collisions for objects (no true  
> rigid body). This can be made useful by implementing a deforming  
> feature for meshes, so you can have complex geometry bouncing around  
> just deformed by a singe SoftBody Cube.
> - make it working with the current 'particle deflectors' and 'force  
> fields'. Without too much complexity you then can already have waving  
> flag stuff for example. Check how Maya implemented it with 'Goal'!
> http://caad.arch.ethz.ch/info/maya/manual/UserGuide/Dynamics/ 
> SoftBodies.doc.html#178382
>
> - Most of all; simplicity and in control of artists, not realism.
>
> -Ton-
>
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