» Yes. Once the simulation is cached you can access each
frame and edit it. To enable Cache: set the name of the cache files in the "Cache Name" Attribute of the syCloth node.
The simulator will now save one file per frame.
To edit one of these frames:
- duplicate the cloth (to be sure you are not modifying the syCloth)
- select this object
- in the menu call: Syflex > Cache > Read Mesh
- this reads the cache file, and updates the geometry of the selected object
- modify the geometry
- save in the same file using: Syflex > Cache > Save Mesh
- after modifying all the frames, you can remove the duplicate cloth.
You can also blend two different simulations
over time or topology by using the "Blend Cache" functionality.
» When you smooth the syCloth, a node is added; you can
find it in the hypergraph added after the syCloth node. Now the smooth is recomputed
at each frame, causing the simulation to slow down. It also prevents selecting faces and
vertices (nail, collisions...). You can remove the smoothing in the hypergraph.
In general it is advisable to smooth the cloth only after the simulation is done.
The density of the mesh does influence the look of the simulation, so in some cases,
you might want to try applying different smooth levels before running the simulation.
In these cases it is advisable to define the smoothness before turning the model into a syCloth!
» I have 40 syCloth cable objects that I want to simulate, how do I manage that?
» Try combining all objects into one before creating the syCloth.
You can also apply the same forces on many syCloth nodes (See next).
» Can I apply the same force to two syObjects?
» Yes, use the mel commands:
syConnectForce syForce syCloth
syDisconnectForce syForce syCloth
» How do I simulate multiple layers of cloth?
» To create, for example, a shirt plus a jacket:
- Create one syCloth from the shirt
- Create another syCloth from the jacket
- Create a collision between the shirt and jacket
There is no need for two passes, everything can be done in one pass.
» My pins suddenly appear to be not connected
to my syCloth! What happened?
» A pin can be "away" from the cloth in a few cases:
- When you set the "distance" attribute to a value different from 0.
In this case, springs are created between the pins and the cloth to make a soft connection.
- If the cloth is translated (better avoid that)
If you have changed the initial position of the object the pin is attached to, you need to reset the pin by calling the function:
Syflex > Constraint > Update Constraint» I am happy with my simulation, but it's running a little too fast. Can I slow it down?
» A simple solution is to add a multiply node in the
hypergraph, between the time node and the syCloth node.
» What about motion blur?
» Just cache your simulations. Cached simulations smoothly interpolate the movement
between two frames, allowing the motion blur to work fine.
