Anybody know of a good source of info on Mag Zone Falloff graphs? Anything? -Gary Seven

Not really. The best you can do is experiment.

Not the best... kinda poorly done actually... but there may be SOMETHING to help you. I can be critical... it's mine. http://posers.net/magnets/magnets101.htm Bill

Very handy. As a magnet nubie, I got more out of that in 60 seconds than in several hours of my previous confused endevors. Thanks.

Thanks, Bill! Gary Seven

heya; all right!! you been keeping this a secret?? this should be part two of larry weinberg's magnet tutorial! http://host-1.ghosteffects.com/poser/magnetTutorial/magnets.html this is magnet mechanics and basics. the most important point (to me) is to remember: the magnets arent really magnets.

I still don't see it as a tutorial, unless it's on how to destroy the geometry with the fall-off graph. How about something that tells you how to make good use of it? I have been giving serious thought to hacking a Mag-zone prop file and replacing the spherical zone with a cube. This way the cut-off line for it effective area would be much sharper and the mags could be used to make an open jaw morph. If this could be done with the fall-off graph instead that would be great. Am I making any sense? -JH.

That makes a lot of sense. Different geometries for mag zones would give a lot more flexibility.

heya; hmmm... maybe not a 'how to' tutorial, but it is informative. you can see from the front view of the magnet that the 'graph' defines one half of a symmetrical shape of the deformity. so if you wanted a square cutoff, you would draw half a square in the graph. er.. did that help?