VirtualWorldDynamics posted at 9:03PM Fri, 04 December 2020 - #4406152

Just a small info,

I would like to give the ability to create clothes with VWD and FreeCAD. This workflow will need a full videotutorial. This solution will not have the same possibilities than Marvelous Designer but it could allow to create simple clothes with their UVMap informations. The meshing method will use GMSH to create a perfect meshing for VWD.

Give me your opinion on this ability of the program. I've never tried FreeCAD, but would love to grab it and try this!

I've never used MMD clothing, but I use Carrara's modeling tools.Here's a workflow that I've been getting Great results with for some clothing - thanks to VWD V2!

• Load clothing that is meant to be conformed to some other figure then my target figure
• Remove the rigging from the clothing item - converts it to a single OBJ
• Use simple scale tools to get the size of the garment close to the target figure
• Beginning at frame 30 (1 Second mark) animate the figure
• Send to VWD Cloth and Hair V2
• Set Simulation as normal - paying close attention to how close I want the cloth to the character, and which items to nail or rigidify
• Run Simulation

It's amazing!

I'd love to try FreeCAD to make some custom clothes, but this method has been working very well for many clothing items.

An Example: I could give my Genesis 1 character Genesis 8 female clothing. Perform the above steps and, even though the base shape is all wrong, and it's not even conformed to the character, it often yields a wonderful result - but not always.

Many clothing items are not modeled in a way that simulate nicely. Using the above method, we can intervene the workflow after scaling the garment. This time, use the modeling tools to 'fix' what's wrong - fix why it doesn't simulate well, whether that's welding edges, removing a second layer of cloth mesh, deleting sleeves or other reshaping/editing the mesh.

I Love VWD in Carrara!!!

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