[Plugin] ClothWorks v1.8.0 - 28 Apr 2024

faust07

Hi, Anton. Impressive result. Congratulations and an awesome bow. Magic in SketchUp... I can only imagine the complexity of the internal calculations and processes. Besides the fantastically realistic falling and folding fabrics also perfect treatment of the textures. The dream would be to have such flexible surfaces also in MSPhysics...

Hieru

@anton_s said:

Thank you all for comments and support! I greatly appreciate it. More tutorials are to come soon.

@nlipovac said:

I was wondering will v2 comes with something like force modifier in Blender, for pillows and similar?

Version 2 will include these. But in between, the plan is to:

Improve cloth collision algorithm, so that cloth doesn't overlap itself.

Add multithreading - we must use most of the processors resources.

That's great news and the plugin is looking awesome as-is!

For pillows I was thinking of a workaround technique using a similar approach to the clothing example that was shared a while back. Is there a clothing tutorial in the pipeline?

Pixero

Bought it. Now off to try it out....

Edit: Wohooo! It's soo fun.
How will I ever get any work done anymore.

Box

@faust07 said:

Hi, Anton. Impressive result.The dream would be to have such flexible surfaces also in MSPhysics...

My thoughts exactly, I look forward to the day when I can drop my balls into soft leather.
Here's a quick example of combining MSPhysics with Clothworks and a bit of SUbD hiding underneath.

Rich O Brien

@box said:

I look forward to the day when I can drop my balls into soft leather.

You should write romantic novels

Box

Let me know Rich if you need me to scribble a valentines or anniversary card for you.

Pixero

Possible BUG: In the Time step drop down there are two 1/840.

cowboyathome

I'm trying to do some curtains and am not seeing the grab handles to converge the pins.

Is that a licensed option?

Dave R

@cowboyathome said:

I'm trying to do some curtains and am not seeing the grab handles to converge the pins.

Is that a licensed option?

Read the instructions PDF. You'll see what is not enabled if you haven't licensed it yet.

Pins require a license.

cowboyathome

@dave r said:

@cowboyathome said:

I'm trying to do some curtains and am not seeing the grab handles to converge the pins.

Is that a licensed option?

Read the instructions PDF. You'll see what is not enabled if you haven't licensed it yet.

Pins require a license.

Ok. Thanks.

alvis

Wow. Impressive. Big thanks.

Frederik

@rich o brien said:

@box said:

I look forward to the day when I can drop my balls into soft leather.

You should write romantic novels

@box said:

Let me know Rich if you need me to scribble a valentines or anniversary card for you.

You two love birds...!

Oxer

Incredible plugin!!
I'll test it on Mac, if it works, I'll never come back to Blender to make clothes simulation.

Rich O Brien

@oxer said:

Incredible plugin!!
I'll test it on Mac, if it works, I'll never come back to Blender to make clothes simulation.

The only issue on Mac is the on reboot the license needs validating each time. We'll issue a fix for that next week.

Oxer

Thanks for the info Rich.

HornOxx

OMG it is so embarrassing for me to post this question in the forum - I can not understand how an activation or a license purchase work, more precisely neither how nor where. My lack of English does not allow me to understand what is explained in the manual PDF

Since this tool is again such a milestone obviously I also want to try and use it and can hardly wait - please help me (btw - the plugin installation worked perfectly)

Rich O Brien

Use Extensions > ClothWorks > License...

Click Obtain License...

Sign in to your SketchUcation account and purchase with PayPal.

License unlocks all the features mentioned in the manual.

fredo6

@hornoxx said:

:oops:
OMG it is so embarrassing for me to post this question in the forum - I can not understand how an activation or a license purchase work, more precisely neither how nor where. My lack of English does not allow me to understand what is explained in the manual PDF

Since this tool is again such a milestone obviously I also want to try and use it and can hardly wait - please help me (btw - the plugin installation worked perfectly)

You can test the license workflow with my Plugin Souvenir, which uses the same SCF License, but is completely FREE. So you can try as many times as you wish.

Fredo

derei

I played a bit with ClothWorks and I can say it blew my panties off

Anyway, I would have some suggestions:

quick reset button for sliders (for example, to quickly reset gravity to default, or wind to zero, etc). This is because while simulation is running, sliders may be have a lag in response time, but one click button would be much faster.
some sliders (drag, viscosity, etc) could use a non-linear variation, because as they are now, the slightest move of the cursor can jump the value a lot. Probably at the left end of the slider, the increase should be slower and increase the value following a exponential curve (or other function, should be tested)
like Fredo's Animator, this plugin could make use of automatic video exporting, using FFMPEG, for example.

Thanks for a wonderful plugin!
the clip speed had to be increased 5x, because the animation was incredibly slow in SketchUp

Bob James

An amazing tool!!
Is it possible to adapt it to drape a flag vertically at rest on a pole? For example, a flag standing on pole inside a room.