[Plugin] ClothWorks v1.8.0 - 28 Apr 2024

derei · 28 Mar 2018, 21:25

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 · 28 Mar 2018, 22:45

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.

boofredlay · 28 Mar 2018, 23:03

Yep

alpro · 28 Mar 2018, 23:37

Looks awesome.....off to get it now

Anton_S · 28 Mar 2018, 23:44

Here is a higher resolution simulation of an American Flag.

A roughly 100cm X 170cm rectangle was drawn for the flag and applied a grid with spacing of 4cm.

The pole was assigned a collider state. Pins were attached at upper and lower right corners of the flag.

Using ClothWorks UI, flag thickness was increased to 20mm to prevent self-overlaps.

After simulation, I applied loop subdivision and followed with 2 Laplacian smoothing iteration to eliminate rounded corners formed by loop subdivision.

A texture was assigned at the end, utilizing the Toggle Draped option.

UnitedStatesFlag.skp

Dave R · 28 Mar 2018, 23:52

More play

pilou · 29 Mar 2018, 00:06

Beautiful drapé!

alpro · 29 Mar 2018, 00:11

Just purchased....great plugin

Dave R · 29 Mar 2018, 00:31

This is with one of the SUC fabrics.

l_breault · 29 Mar 2018, 01:06

Looking forward to trying this out! Too much work going on for awhile is going to put a damper on this. Where's the examples of comforters?

solo · 29 Mar 2018, 01:35

@l_breault said:

Looking forward to trying this out! Too much work going on for awhile is going to put a damper on this. Where's the examples of comforters?

I hear ya, I too bought this but too much work right now to play, I have been anticipating this for a while.

Arc · 29 Mar 2018, 04:13

Is this license a permanent license? How many computers with one license support?

HornOxx · 29 Mar 2018, 04:56

@rich o brien said:

Use Extensions > ClothWorks > License...

Thanks Rich and Fredo - I didn´t had installed SketchUcation Tools so this required window for licensing was not available - Well, now I got it

Pixero · 29 Mar 2018, 06:11

@arc said:

Is this license a permanent license? How many computers with one license support?

It's 3 computers.

Anton_S · 29 Mar 2018, 07:24

@pixero said:

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

Yes, that's just a typo in the dialog. When you use the second 1/840 option, the actual timestep set is 1/960. Already fixed and will be updated in next release.

@pixero said:

@arc said:

Is this license a permanent license? How many computers with one license support?

It's 3 computers.

Additionally, the way SCFLicense works is that if you release (deactivate) a licence you can use the licence on another device or reactivate it on the same device. So, there is no limit to the number of times the licence can be activated/deactivated, as long as it is on up to 3 devices.

Bob James · 29 Mar 2018, 07:40

@anton_s said:

Here is a higher resolution simulation of an American Flag.

Sold

marvsweden · 29 Mar 2018, 08:29

Purchased. It's going to be exciting using it.
I'm on Mac/SU2018 and the toggle UI window/button doesn't work. It shows up once but if I toggle it by hitting the button it never shows up again until i shut down and restart SU.

Anton_S · 29 Mar 2018, 08:32

@marvsweden said:

Purchased. It's going to be exciting using it.
I'm on Mac/SU2018 and the toggle UI window/button doesn't work. It shows up once but if I toggle it by hitting the button it never shows up again until i shut down and restart SU.

Thanks for an important report! I will fix this by as soon as tomorrow (if possible).

marvsweden · 29 Mar 2018, 08:54

Sure, no problem. Looking forward to using it.

Pepetrucci · 29 Mar 2018, 11:03

Awesome!! This is indeed one of the best plugins for sketch i've seen so far. It's incredible how much has my workflow changed (and i think everyone's) in the last couple of years with subd, qftools, skatter, vertextools, wrapr.... and now this!!

Thanks so much for making sketchup even more fun!

Here my first attempt with clothworks, the export frames option is veeery cool!