'Maya'

 
'Dynamics for a Palm Tree in Maya Tutorial'
by
Derek Smart



Switch to the panel layout where you have your perspective and outline active.

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We are going to do some house keeping and shelf setup to make out tasks coming up much easier. Click on the options for Create Soft Body.

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We want to Duplicate and Make the original soft. Make sure that the non-soft object is a goal and make the weight 1.0. Now close that window.

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Now click on the options for Create Springs.

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Set the Method to Min Max. Min Distance .001 Max Distance 23 (Max Distance depends on how large your model is, but I measured mine and it's 23 units tall) Check the box next to Per-Spring Damping. Change the Stiffness to 104.

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Modeling

Rigging

Dynamics & Skinning
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