I would like to be able to control some movement of the bra straps falling down.

I have an extra material zone on the edge of the strap.

Is there any way I can constrain that material zone to a sphere and move the sphere?

cheerio

lululee

You can put a magnet on a dress after the sim..
Position the fall off zone carefully and rotate or pull the magnet?

Hi vilters,

I'd like to be able to control it during the sim (similar to a pin in MD). I am not sure what a choreographed group does but I thought it might work for something like that.

cheerio

lululee

You need to make the sphere part of the figure that way the constrained grouping will work. Try it as a parented prop.

Hi Phil,

   I put the sphere in and parented it to the right collar.

How do I get just the vertices on the strap material zone to connect to the sphere?

Is that a chorographed group?

cheerio

lululee

Probably easiest to add all of that material to the constrained group and then use the marquee tool to remove any that are not needed.

Suggest adding to the constrained group so that they stick to and move with the sphere.

chorographed group means you animate the garment at say at frame 20 left right up or down and in the chorographed group you select the verts you want in your case the strap. it is more doing what are talking about with the sphear minus the sphear

hope this is not to slopy and clear

Hi,

cfpage, Thanks for the great images. They really help.

PhilC,

  I made the sphere and constrained the edge but I could not get it to follow the sphere.

cheerio

lululee

Personally, I would use the chorographed group for this like cfpage has noted. If you doing it with a sphere as PhilC suggested, you need to constrain the verts to the sphere, which is difficult without also constraining it to the figure. If you don't constrain, but make sure the sphere is touching the sleeve in the beginning of the sim and you SET the cloth to collide with the sphere (you MUST do this), it should follow the sphere. But chorographed is easier.

Laurie

Hi Laurie,

Thanks so much for the valuable info.

Yes, the problem I'm having with the sphere is how do I constrain just that material zone to the sphere rather than the body. The sphere is my preference because I can animate the sphere so I can control the drape over time. The choreographed works, but is not as precise as the sphere would be.

  I will try to get the sphere to push it with collision like you suggest. I only considered pulling it.

Thanks so much for your help.

cheerio

lululee

Just make sure the sphere is either REALLY close to the sleeve at all times or sink it into the sleeve. I'd still use chorographed tho. Collision may make it look odd or crinkled. It'll also make the sim go really, really slow. But of course it's up to you ;).

Laurie