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DForce on a mesh

RegMiamiRegMiami Posts: 3
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hello guys,

 

first of all: thank you Daz for dForce!!!

I’m having trouble applying dForce to a mesh. The final result I wanna achieve is rendering a cilinder that  has to behave as if it was made of rubber, while I’m only able to make it behave as if it was a piece of fabric (it renders as an empty sleeve)..

I’ve tried to manipulate density, stiffness and other parameters but all I get is fatal crashes or mesh explosions!

anybody has succeeded in this?

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,436

    dForce is (currently) a surface dynamics simulator, not a solid object simulator. You might be able to improve the result by adjsuting the surface settings to make it much stiffer, but I have had undesirable results when pushing those values high (presumably the simulation accumulates a lot of spring it can't dissipate and the mesh explodes)..

  • RegMiamiRegMiami Posts: 3

    That's exactly what I'm experiencing... exploding meshes!

    Maybe weight maps could help? I've never done this before but I've seen there's some more information here https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/203081/dforce-start-here#latest

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,822

    Turning off self-collision often help with clothing explosions.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,436

    I can't offer any conrete advice (which is why I didn't mention it in my first post) but a Dynamic Surface Add-On could add internal support - not the same as solid, but it might be close enough.

  • DrNewcensteinDrNewcenstein Posts: 816

    Try parenting the object inside a stiffer, transparent cylinder to constrain it, and place a stiffer cylinder inside it to keep it from collapsing in on itself.

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,775

    What is a "Dynamic Surface Add-On"???? I can't find any information on what it is or how to use it.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,436
    barbult said:

    What is a "Dynamic Surface Add-On"???? I can't find any information on what it is or how to use it.

    It's one of the options when adding a dForce Modifier, or in the enumeration control on surfaces, but I don't have any solid information other than it is intended to allow adding structural elements to help shape draping items.

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/203081/dforce-start-here#node_properties

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,775

    Thank you Richard and Chohole. Dynamic Surface Add-On still sounds kind of mysterious. If you come across a tutorial, please post a link.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,436

    Ah, that was there last time I looked but I had forgotten all of the infromation. Sorry.

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