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How to soften the stick - KBTIT_ - 25-11-2023
How can I determine the softness of an object?
For example, place a long stick horizontally in the air.
If you soften the hardness of this stick, the stick will bend, and so on.
I just want to do the same thing as DeformationGradient in Samples, but I don't know how to achieve this.
RE: How to soften the stick - josemendez - 25-11-2023
(25-11-2023, 07:25 AM)KBTIT_ Wrote: How can I determine the softness of an object?
For example, place a long stick horizontally in the air.
If you soften the hardness of this stick, the stick will bend, and so on.
I just want to do the same thing as DeformationGradient in Samples, but I don't know how to achieve this.
To control softbody stiffness, set the softbody's deformation resistance, under its shape matching constraints section:
http://obi.virtualmethodstudio.com/manual/6.3/shapematchingconstraints.html
Note softbodies are isotropic, that means stiffness acts equally in all directions. If you have a long stick, you can't independently control bending, stretching and twisting stiffness. In that case, ObiRope is a better alternative as it's designed for stick/rod/rope like objects that are long and thin.
kind regards,