Yep -that is it Rob - that system works a treat for this kind of stuff! S.
_____________________________ Sandy Sutherland Technical Supervisor sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za _____________________________ ________________________________ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Rob Chapman [tekano....@gmail.com] Sent: 16 May 2012 14:44 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: ICE strand orientation trouble - again :/ now with images 'a technique I came across somewhere' .... oh! , sounds a bit like this http://sites.google.com/site/tekanoice/tutorials/ice-flowers-part-i ;) heres the scene file from that tutorial http://sites.google.com/site/tekanoice/tutorials/ice-flowers-part-ii/strands_deforming_flowers_tutorial_send_v01.zip?revision=1 best regards, Rob On 16 May 2012 13:25, Sandy Sutherland <sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za<mailto:sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za>> wrote: I can send you a scene I developed based on a technique I came across somewhere to do awesome simulated strands, by creating particle systems to loft the strands between and doing the sim on the particles - this allow you to set orientation on the particles and then the strands - I was using it to do grass and bushes being flattened by a vehicle and I had the bushes/grass randomly oriented as I was rendering a field using strand deforming. S.
