Dynamics

[akota]

Hi Everyone,

Just for kicks I downloaded Maya 5 Personal Learning addition and was impressed with the hard and soft body dynamics. Things that are very hard to do with Lightwave's Motion Designer are very quick and easy in Maya. I've seen notes about LW8 supporting rigid body dynamics, is this going to make things like a ball dropping and bouncing across the floor as easy as it is in Maya?

Thanks,

Jason

[wacom]

Have you watched any of the videos from siggraph? Those demos showed a lot more than balls and dominos. I think you'll be doing more than "bouncing your balls" around in LW 8. I'm not sure if it will reach the detailed hights of a plug-in like Impact:

http://www.dynamic-realities.com/impact3/index.html

...but most of us don't need this level of detail in simulation...or the calculation times...

Are you finding clothing dynamics straight forward in Maya? That is more of a test...but that will be improved in 8 as well.

[akota]

Hi,

No, I haven't seen the demos. Are they viewable online? My interest is, how shall I say, piqued?

Thanks,

Jason

[WizCraker]

The new dynamics in 8 [by the siggraph vids] appear that LW will finally have a nice hard body system that will compete with the big brother.