Maya nCloth Dynamics Tutorial: Creating A Tattered Pirate Flag (Intermediate Level)

Learn how to quickly model a tattered flag and apply Autodesk Maya's nCloth to create an advanced cloth flag animation!

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• games
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• cartoon
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• Tattered
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[88anaclet0]

Amazing tutorial!

[TheCGBro]

@88anaclet0 Thanks for viewing. Let us know if there is something specific you would like to see!

[carbine781]

sorry to be a noob, but how do you open the menu at 1:10?

[TheCGBro]

@carbine781 ...or are you talking about right clicking on your selected object to bring up the component menu...

[hansieyadav]

Thanks Thats was so much helpful..

[TheCGBro]

@hansieyadav I am glad that you liked it. Check back often :)

[TheCGBro]

@deepelements Thanks. Check back often for new tutorials. Project files will also be offered soon.

[labpoe]

@Huddelicious So, is an i5 2500K suffecient enough or should I go with an i7?

[Huddelicious]

@labpoe To render you would need a good CPU. And while you are using the program a good GPU will help out. Even tho the CPU is the most important.

[labpoe]

I have a question... Does maya need a powerful processor or a powerful GPU?

[TheCGBro]

@n8skow There is alternatively the method of simming your thin mesh, then extrude the flag to your desired thickness. If you know what your cloth thickness is going to be before simming, you can set the collision distance on the cloth sim to account for it.

[TheCGBro]

@lemi667 You may also want to sim on a lower poly object and use that as a wrap deformer on your high poly object under Animation/create deformers/wrap...: )

[TheCGBro]

@lemi667 I am not sure without a peak, but you may have the normals of your object set to hard. Try selecting all your edges on the mesh, go to the polygon menu set, goto normals menu item and pull down to soften edges. Lemme know!