• Maxon Cinema 4D

  simple objects dangling smoothly on a string

  Posted by Sebastian Tomczak on September 6, 2009 at 11:49 am

  Hey, i hope somebody can help me with my problem within Cinema 4d.
  Id like to do an animation with simple objects (like spheres, cubes, pyramids etc) that are hanging on a thin string and dangle around smoothly like there is some wind in the room.
  How should i start this? I never really used dynamics in Cinema 4D and hope somebody could help me. I tried around something with Clothilde but never got near my original idea…

  Thank you for taking time,
  greetings

  Sebastian

  Brian Jones replied 17 years ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
• 3 Replies

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  Adam Trachtenberg

  September 6, 2009 at 4:37 pm

  The easiest way to do this is with spline dynamics which is part of the hair module.
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  Sebastian Tomczak

  September 7, 2009 at 1:00 pm

  Thanks, your help is greatly appreciated! And it showed me the right direction… now i have a spline between two cubes (one should be the ceiling, the other should dangle around).
  How do i get it to react to wind. One cube (or the ceiling) should stay on the same point, the other should dangle around smoothly (as said in the subject 😉 …)
  Thank you again for your help!
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  Brian Jones

  September 7, 2009 at 8:10 pm

  one simple way is – fix one end of the spline using Fix in the Spline Dynamics tag, attach the cube that swings to the spline with a Align to Spline tag (0 or 100% depending on the splines direction), move the spline with Wind and/or Turbulence Objects – you have to add the Wind/Turbulence objects to the Spline Dynamics tags Forces tab in the Include box.

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