[Plugin] ClothWorks v1.8.0 - 28 Apr 2024
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@huckrorick said:
I don't know if I'll have time to do a lot with this, but I just bought it because watching what people have done with it, or just playing with it, is more fun than the movies.
Great work Anton.Can you post something that explains a bit of how it works? What are the factors that influence the simulation?
I was imagining using it in the design of tent structures and hanging structures. Knowing how it works would help in understanding how to use it and how good it would be for such structures.
Also, the "end" state would be most important in this case.
In ClothWorks, for objects with cloth property, every vertex is treated as a particle. Every edge is treated as spring. Every two linked faces have a bending spring. Same applies to two linked, faceless edges.
As Rich said, the higher the resolution you apply to the cloth, the higher quality result. Performance aspect will be addressed in next release.
Speaking of an end state, once you perform simulation and apply loop subdivision to the cloth, performing simulation over a subdivided cloth will have the cloth behave differently. So, generally, simulation shouldn't be performed on a post-subdivided cloth object.
Also, a small tutorial about tents will come later. Basically, you can make it by creating six pins at a rectangular cloth, with four at cloth corners and two at middle, and raising the two middle pins in simulation (Movable Pins) feature. Ropes (linked edges) could be attached too to make it look as if the ropes are supporting the tent.
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Loaf of bread anyone?
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Nice buns handsome
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Oh You sweet talker... I always knew you wanted to get your hands on my buns.
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Remind the Bubble & Soap plugin!
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@box said:
Oh You sweet talker... I always knew you wanted to get your hands on my buns.
Don't believe him when he tells you he loves you. He does that every time.
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Hi Anton,
I certainly got captured on my desktop rather than fetching Easter Eggs with the kids during the holidays. I can only express my admiration to your work. So fine done! Thanks so much!Michael
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I was super excited to buy.
But it just does not work for me in SU 2018
I downloaded it and installed it .. but it does not work either in my 2017 or in 2018
I followed all the instructions.
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Hi,
This looks amazing but I am having a problem.
I'm following your curtain tutorial.I'm running SketchUp Pro 2017 on a Mac with Yosemite.
I purchased ClothWorks.
(£26.23 UK pounds)
After a couple of restarts it now seems to be mostly working, the only problem I have at the moment is that the expand/contract handles are not working.
I can select the pins during playback in cloth works and I can use the move handles, and when I hold down Control the move handles do switch to expand/contract, but when I click the mouse on any of the handles the whole lot vanishes and the selection is lost.Is this a Mac bug??
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@3dhouse21 said:
I was super excited to buy.
But it just does not work for me in SU 2018
I downloaded it and installed it .. but it does not work either in my 2017 or in 2018
I followed all the instructions.
I do not know what could be happening ... sad.I assume you did close and re-open SU in between loading the new extension and trying it?
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Having fun with ClothWorks!
Just a cube with an open bottom. Collider was just a single plane which was removed for rendering purposes.
Didn't let it run very long, maybe around 10 frames.
Applied Loop Subdivision and Laplacian Smoothing set a 2.
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Remember a famous video where a deformed head finished in art galllery!
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If that's what I think, I'm glad I only tasted it, but I didn't step on it...
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I have been following this thread it the tool looks really great. I currently do not have any situations in the stuff I do where I could use it. I would love to see some of you creative people use the tool and make the texture of the cloth water.
Just curious about what that might look like and how some of you might use that.
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I didn't have time to play with it yet. Have anybody tried to simulate some kind of waterfall (say in endless pool)?
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Extraordinary!! Well done, Anton.
I go away for a few days over Easter and this thread is already 6 pages long!!
Going to download now.
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@unexpectediteminbaggingarea said:
I can select the pins during playback in cloth works and I can use the move handles, and when I hold down Control the move handles do switch to expand/contract, but when I click the mouse on any of the handles the whole lot vanishes and the selection is lost.
Is this a Mac bug??
Yes, just checked. It's a bug! Will make a maintenance release today.
Edit: Fixed. Upgrade to 1.1.1: https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=ClothWorks
On Mac OS X, use SHIFT key for converging/diverging.
@3dhouse21 said:
was super excited to buy.
But it just does not work for me in SU 2018
I downloaded it and installed it .. but it does not work either in my 2017 or in 2018
I followed all the instructions.
I do not know what could be happening ... sad.Could you give more details about what going on?
- First of all, are you using Windows or Mac OS X? If on Mac OS X, please upgrade to ClothWorks versions 1.1.0.
- If the issues continue to arise (or you're already updated), when you open SketchUp, do you get any load errors?
- Is the plugin installed correctly? Do you see the ClothWorks toolbar and is there a ClothWorks menu: (Menu) Extension->ClothWorks ?
- When you press play, does the frame increment in the status-bar below? Make sure your cursor is pointing to the viewport window when you check that.
- If not, can you Open Ruby Console and see what messages you get when pressing play:
(Menu) Window -> RubyConsole
More details about what's not working would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Amazin tool, Anton!
My $.02:- The buying process should be reworked. It's unnecessary over-complicated especially for non-english customers (I guess it f@cks sales
) . There could be simple 'buy' and 'validate' buttons in license window with popping-up hints. - Lots of small animated gifs (on product page) explaining influence of the settings would be a huge help.
- The buying process should be reworked. It's unnecessary over-complicated especially for non-english customers (I guess it f@cks sales
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@anton_s said:
@unexpectediteminbaggingarea said:
I can select the pins during playback in cloth works and I can use the move handles, and when I hold down Control the move handles do switch to expand/contract, but when I click the mouse on any of the handles the whole lot vanishes and the selection is lost.
Is this a Mac bug??
Yes, just checked. It's a bug! Will make a maintenance release today.
Edit: Fixed. Upgrade to 1.1.1: https://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=ClothWorks
On Mac OS X, use SHIFT key for converging/diverging.
Yey! I found an actual bug!
Fast fix, all good now!
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Anton this plugin is just amazing!
It's going to fill a HUGE gap in SketchUp for me for visualisation.
And I know it's not meant as an animation tool, but if ever you felt like building a SketchUp animation tool I'm sure there's a big market out there!
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