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Newton Field
Hi all.
OK, after using Maya since 1 I have been forced to use C4D for my latest job. Been on it 3 days, it seems very simple and fun but there is something I just can’t get to work.
Particles. I have a need to create a small explosion of 10,000 particles over 3 frames from a point. They then need to slow, turn and head back to where they came from and when they hit the origin they need to die. In Maya I would use a Newton field, I am assuming Cinema 4D can do this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Take care.
A.
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3 Replies
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Hi,
what particles are you using? Thinking Particles or the build in system?Kind regards,
Arndt von Koenigsmarckhttps://www.vreel-3d.de
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I would use Thinking Particles with a PGravity node set to Spherical. Go to the point of desired maximum expansion and then create a sphere that encompases that volume. Use it as your gravity object in the PGravity node. Easiest way is probably to keyframe the gravity strength, which will take a little experimention. Then set particle life to the frame where the particles collapse back on themselves.
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btw, if you have the MoGraph module you could do this very precisely by cloning onto a sphere and simply keyframing the sphere’s scale.
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