Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Cloth Simulation Failed at Frame 3?

Angelouscuitry opened this issue on Dec 06, 2006 · 16 posts


Angelouscuitry posted Wed, 06 December 2006 at 4:25 AM

I'm trying to make a morph for As Shanim's Akhyel Skirt.   I think If I run a simulation, and then go to the last frame, I should be able to an export MT.OBJs?  Anybody interested in helping, will be welcome to the morph when it's finished!

Although, I'm not sure how, or if, the Cloth Room can even work on a Figure?

I'm not sure what is supposed to be selected going into the cloth Room either?  My guess is the Body, but for reasons I'll explain in Step 2. I Chose Hip.

An other thing I may or may not have correct, before even getting to the Cloth Room, is what needs Collision checked On at it's Properties Palette.  I know that the Figure/Object that a cloth is making contact with would need it on; So, I checked it on for many parts of my V3 figure.  I also Checked it on for each part of the Skirt, though, also, because I'd like it to not intersect itself?

Here are some screen shots of my work flow.

1.)  Once I'm in the Cloth Room my first step is to click the New Simulation button; where I do two things, fill a name, and Check Self Collision.

2.) In order to tell Poser which object I want to clothify, I click the Clothify button.   My first instinct then  is to select the Body of the Akhyel skirt(2A,)  But once I do the selected element reads "None"(As in 2B.)  So just to get things rolling I click Hip, and move on?

3.)  I then need to click Display > Deformers > Hide All, becuase they all pop on, when the Hip then becomes the selected Element of my scene..  Image 3 are the deformers on the skirt, would these cause trouble?

4.  )  I then need to tell Poser what to colide the cloth into.  After Clicking the Collide Against button, I skipped that "None" dropdown, and went directly to the Add/Remove, button(4A).  I then chose the parts of V3 I wanted the Skirt to collide with(4B)  Now that I think of it maybe I could have sekected the Skirt again here, for self collision, but I don't think I did.  Would it have been OK to?  Then realized the Skirt had become entered somehow(4C), and quickly changed that(4D)  Then I clicked Ignore Head...and Ignore Hand..., before I OK'd 4D.

5.) Finally I clicked Calculate Simulation, it then calculated for an hour, but then coughed up image 5.?