fracture object mograph

[Richard Canino]

hi Darren –

I’m a beginner so I pray I don’t confuse you or make it worse but… you’re trying to shatter a polygon object right? If so try choosing Disconnect first – and then don’t re-group. Once you do that it should work…

I know I made it happen that way with an extruded text object awhile back – make editable, used the knife to cut it into pieces, chose all, disconnect – and had a sphere fly down and smash it to bits. Very cool effect when you get it right 🙂

Please post back if/when you find the solution – it’ll help me as well.

Thanks! and good luck with it!
-Richard

[Darren Fetzer]

thanks for the info. i’l let you know if it works.

off the record, i’m surprised none of the intermediate or advance people haven’t written anything, (*aHEM*, hint-hint).

[Darren Fetzer]

nope. sorry, it seems much more intricate that what you posted. but thanks for trying to help.

[Brian Jones]

are you trying to copy the tutorial you linked to or trying for something else (if so, what)?

[Adam Trachtenberg]

I’d have responded but I don’t know what the question is.

[Darren Fetzer]

i need to know STEP-by-step how to fracture an object.

the included link is only showing what i was trying to do in the past, which didn’t work.

[Darren Fetzer]

the link is only there to show people the method i as doing previously. i need step-by-step instructions on how to fracture an object.

othe rplaces tell me i ahve to make the ball that fractures the object to be a clone, other tell me to use a rigid body tag, some tell me to just animate a ball. nobody, is giving me correct full steps on how to fracture an object.

[Brian Jones]

do you mean the same sort of thing as in the Shattering and Floating thread down the page? (at least the shattering part) https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/19/871774

[Adam Trachtenberg]

Okay, here it is:

1. select all of the polygons in your object;

2. in the functions menu, select “disconnect” and uncheck the preserve groups button;

3. create a fracture object and make your object it’s child;

4. set the fracture object’s mode to “explode segments”;

5. depending on what version of Cinema you’re using (*ahem*),

* R11.5: give your fracture object a mograph>rigid body tag and in the collision tab, set individual elements to “all”.

* R12: same thing but use a Dynamics>Dynamics Body tag.

Now your object will shatter it hits another dynamic object.

[Darren Fetzer]

MMMm! yea, that should work. i’ll give that a try.