does this help? http://vimeo.com/1743232
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Tim Woods <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > I'm fairly new to Softimage having recently jumped ship from 3dsMax. I've > made a few compounds, but this one I'm trying has really got me stumped. > > I'm trying to create a spring constraint using ICE, but rather than using > particles, I want to add the compound to a null, this null will then be > parented to a root, oscillating around that root. > This is where things get very confusing. As I'm not using point clouds all > the standard data channels are no longer available, like velocity, simulate > particles etc. > So far I've tried various things, but using the particle approach of > vector between current position and rest position, then a drag doesn't > apply here. > > If anyone has some good tips for a starting point, that would be great. Or > is it even possible? > > > Thanks > > Tim > > [email protected] > blog.vanilla-box.co.uk > -- Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson** **(954) 552-7956 * [email protected] *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic* - Arthur C. Clarke <http://www.3danimationmagic.com>

