Steeleyes101 opened this issue on May 29, 2011 · 11 posts
wimvdb posted Sun, 29 May 2011 at 1:38 PM
The trick is to add a choreographed group.
Look at where you want a part of the cloth to go at a certain frame (fi. frame 30), then add a few polygons of that part to the choreographed group and move - at that particular frame - this part to that position.
Now when the simulation runs, those polygons move to that position taking the rest of the cloth with it. Be sure to have the collisions with the body correct, so it will not move into the body
It takes some experimentation to get the feeling for it, but then it gets simple.
To make it easy flowing cloth (and help you with the choregraphing), move bodyparts of the figure to help the cloth drape the correct way. You need to do this in between the first and the last frame of the simulation.
Look at the simulation how the cloth drapes and change the body to move it in the direction you want. Always simulate a few extra frames after the final pose to let the cloth settle
Hope this helps