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Learning nCloth

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Maya Courses Collision Conference Courses nCloth Courses Cloth Simulation Courses

Course Description

Overview

Explore the fundamentals of nCloth—the Maya toolkit for simulating cloth and other dynamic surfaces—and basic character visual effects.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know
  • Exercise files
1. Getting Started in Simulation and Character FX
  • Hands-on with a simulation solver
  • Principles of dynamics
  • Dynamics in computer graphics
  • How a spring-based cloth solver works
2. Setting Up the Simulation World and Objects
  • Setting up a simulation test scene
  • Nucleus: The simulation world
  • nCloth: Let's talk collisions
  • nCloth: Dynamic properties
  • nCloth: Scaling relation
  • Playful practice with primitives
3. Understanding the Look and Feel of Fabrics and Soft Bodies
  • Reference materials
  • Topology and the simulation results
  • Designing with nCloth
  • Master nCloth look and feel
4. Creating a Physically Realistic Flag
  • Setting up the scene
  • Setting up nCloth and nucleus
  • Adding a constraint
  • Tweaking the look of the flag
  • Adding wind
  • Freezing the simulation
  • Importing Maya caches and playblast
5. Production Challenges
  • Challenge: The most awesome pirate ship flag ever
  • Solution: The most awesome pirate ship flag ever
  • Challenge: Do the laundry
  • Solution: Do the laundry
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

David F Durand

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