[Plugin] ClothWorks v1.8.0 - 28 Apr 2024

Anton_S · 31 Mar 2018, 04:45

@solo said:

I want to create chains following a path, I use copy along path normally to get chain links to follow a line, I used to use 'Rope fall' to create the path line but that is too slow and the author is AWOL does not answer his emails. So, will there be a way to drape a line? (I do not need a mesh, just a line so I can either copy along or use follow me if I want a rope.).

Yep.

Draw a line, divide it and drape.

And if you apply Loop Subdivision to the simulated edges group, the edges would subdivide just like cloth.

imabzeous · 31 Mar 2018, 05:43

I tried to buy the plugin but unfortunately i can only buy it via paypal which isn't supported in my country. only master cards visa cards works. so if author or sketchucation admins can help me out?

Frederik · 31 Mar 2018, 07:35

@pixero said:

Doesn't Bezier spline Polyline divider for Animation do what you want?

@solo said:

bezier spline worked like a charm.

Perhaps you should read all posts before posting a reply...

Pixero · 31 Mar 2018, 07:36

@solo said:

[Too bad there is no plugin that can divide a welded line into equal segments.

Doesn't Bezier spline Polyline divider for Animation do what you want?
Draw any curve or use the Freehand tool or weld lines. Right click. Convert to Polyline divider for animation and set max length.
(That was once made on my request when I was making advanced animation paths in SketchUp.)

Sometimes, if the curve doesn't fit with the Max length, there can be one edge with different length at the end.

Box · 31 Mar 2018, 07:37

Actually Frederik, Pixero was answering the question/statement that Solo made after he said it worked like a charm.

Box · 31 Mar 2018, 07:44

Here's a bit of a summer print skirt made by dropping a cloth with a hole in it over a rudimentary waist. A sphere with a pulled top and scaled to an oval.

Pixero · 31 Mar 2018, 07:45

@Frederik:

@solo said:

bezier spline worked like a charm.
Too bad there is no plugin that can divide a welded line into equal segments.

In his reply he asked for a way of dividing lines into equal segments and my reply answered that.

sofie9536 · 31 Mar 2018, 08:13

clothwork is a great tool to create models in sketchup and to use in iclone. Here is a little example:

HornOxx · 31 Mar 2018, 08:28

@sofie9536 said:

...Here is a little example
this upper Collider is a good isea !

Frederik · 31 Mar 2018, 09:08

@pixero said:

In his reply he asked for a way of dividing lines into equal segments and my reply answered that.

All good...
I interpreted it as if you hadn't read all posts...

Anton_S · 31 Mar 2018, 09:51

Announcing version 1.1.0: https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=ClothWorks

Fixed toolbar and dialogs on Mac OS X. Now dialogs are no longer displayed as modal dialogs and toolbars can be updated.
Improved UI slider performance when simulation is active.
Added a feature to split edges. Now in addition to Weld Edges option there is a Split Edges option, allowing you to assign maximum spacing.

alsomar · 31 Mar 2018, 11:43

I really love this extension. Thank you so much Anton!
Here's my last test using ClothWorks and Thea Render. The statue I've used is "Le Transi de Rene de Chalon " from Three D Scans

Box · 31 Mar 2018, 12:38

Somewhat reminiscent of Priscilla queen of the desert......

alsomar · 31 Mar 2018, 13:24

@box said:

Somewhat reminiscent of Priscilla queen of the desert......

Anyway it's a good refecence, isn't it?

Box · 31 Mar 2018, 13:52

That's the one!
Chris of the desert isn't quite the same somehow....

pilou · 31 Mar 2018, 21:53

So funny!

Box · 1 Apr 2018, 08:39

Party Time!

ntxdave · 1 Apr 2018, 15:37

Box, that is really intriguing! Can that be combined with other animations? As an example, could you rotate the base and streamers at the same time as the animation you did?

I do car wash equipment and the brushes are a challenge. When the brush is not in action, the cloth strips just hang down when they go into action, they fly out somewhat similar to your animation except that the brush rotates and the pieces stand out similar to your animation and spin around as well.

Watching the thing you guys are doing with this plugin make me wonder it it could also be used to produce some water effects by using the same techniques but with a water texture instead of cloth. If not, maybe this could be Anton's next challenge (developing a plugin for presenting water in some manners similar o this plugin).

HornOxx · 1 Apr 2018, 18:47

@box said:

Party Time!
astonishment time
just WOW !!! You're taking it to a new cool level

HornOxx · 1 Apr 2018, 19:03

just another test - here I condensed(?) the clothes surface by giving it a wavy shape first to receive more cloth materia density for more "crumpled" cloth on my collider... (what a complicated sentence )
I forgot to mention that I copied the final drop state of the cloth into a new skup instance, deleted the entire surface to get only the frame line with which I produced a follow-me figure to simulate a cloth border with thickness ...