Re: paper coming unstuck

2012-10-29 Thread olivier jeannel
I had not so bad results emitting some instanced grid (flat). Then I used Momentum Instancer to get one polymesh big of the whole Pointcloud and used whatever deformer in ice (but you can use classic operators)_I think the latest Momentum can replicate UVs Le 29/10/2012 05:53, Nick Angus a

Re: paper coming unstuck

2012-10-29 Thread Rob Chapman
Helge did something VERY close to what you are after a while back with a simple scene setup using MT_Static_Instancer. there is a demo scene called flowing paper or similar as part of the examples. can be found http://rray.de/xsi/index_nodyn.html best Rob On 29 October 2012 04:01, Nick Angus

Re: paper coming unstuck

2012-10-29 Thread olivier jeannel
Just in case, this tut mixes Syflex+Ice for feather like effect : http://feathertools.michael-buettner.com/tutorials/tutorial_cloth.html Le 29/10/2012 10:10, olivier jeannel a écrit : I had not so bad results emitting some instanced grid (flat). Then I used Momentum Instancer to get one

Re: paper coming unstuck

2012-10-29 Thread Nick Angus
Thanks Olivier, that is probably exactly what I am looking for! Very much appreciated as always. N Nick Angus | 3d Supervisor Alt Vfx www.altvfx.comhttp://www.altvfx.com On 29/10/2012, at 7:19 PM, olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.frmailto:olivier.jean...@noos.fr wrote: Just in case, this

paper coming unstuck

2012-10-28 Thread Nick Angus
Just thought I would throw this one out to the list, I want to simulate some paper that is pinned to an object and after a period of flapping around a bit blows off in a pre-determined direction. I have had a play with Syflex in ice for this and it works a treat with pinning by null. The

Re: paper coming unstuck

2012-10-28 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
It might be a bit of a long shot, but you should be able to get it to work: You could beat Lagoa into submission to get you many (pre-sized) grids with a behavious like the one you're describing for each, randomized enough to create variation, and at that point a modulo of your cloud by the point

RE: paper coming unstuck

2012-10-28 Thread Nick Angus
to an object in Syflex! Cheers, N From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Raffaele Fragapane Sent: Monday, 29 October 2012 2:13 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: paper coming unstuck It might be a bit of a long