Ira Krakow's Blender 2.49b Soft Bodies Tutorial

Soft bodies are materials that have some flexibility, that can deform themselves when forces such as friction or gravity are applied to them. Soft body objects are common in real life. Think of clothing draped on a person or model, jello, rubber, or even metals under certain circumstances. They range in their degree of flexibility. You need to tweak the soft body settings to get the object to resemble the type of material you're trying to model. Rubber tires certainly doesn't deform in the same way as a balloon or a cape on Batman. In this tutorial, I will introduce you to the basic concepts behind soft body physics.

[irakrakow]

I'm glad you learned something new. That's my goal - if you learn just one new thing, the video was worth watching. Thanks for your kind words.

[artist]

Thanks for the help! Will try it as soon as possible!

[irakrakow]

Soft Bodies would work. You could combine it with wind to produce the effect of the leaves and branches swaying in the wind. In the Blender 3D Noob to Pro series there's a tutorial that shows exactly that.

[mgmga]

THANX MAN !!! THIS HELPED LIKE CRAZY! looks mad cool im gonna try it with hair :)

[irakrakow]

@richmeister4eva: thank you for pointing this out, and for caring enough to mention it.

[irakrakow]

You want to use Blender's cloth simulation, which is specifically for clothing. Start with the blender wiki on it. Google "blender cloth simulation". It handles your problem very well.

[irakrakow]

I go back and forth between 2.49 and 2.5 because there are still some things not available in 2.5 that are available in 2.49. It definitely is confusing, as you say.

[irakrakow]

Don't have one specifically for hair. The closest is for grass, which actually is treated as a type of hair. The principles of creating grass apply to hair.

[nameguy]

@Theyallfloatdownhere Right below "Use Goal" is "G Stiff" which I assume means stiffness. Remove it or change it to your liking.

[SikanderG]

How do you stop the edges from sticking out through the cloth? I made the cloth thicker, but that didn't fully solve the problem.

[irakrakow]

Is it throughout the video, or starting at a particular time slot? I did do some editing, so there may be a second or two delay, but I do that for most of my videos. Try reading the script - there's a link from my Blender 3D Forum - and see if you can follow it. Sorry about any confusion. Ira

[artist]

Thanks for the tut Sir!!! Any idea how to animate trees ( esp leaves and branches) realistically? Can it be done using Soft Bodies settings??

[luckyday]

@irakrakow How do u put armature and a human body together in the animation sequence

[pitchblaq]

IS it possible to have the softbody stay during render. I done a blanket and would like to know how to just have it there draped on the bed.thanks

[multimediahelp]

haha ira the only thing iv'e learned is how to place the cursor at 0 Shift -c, thanks

[nameguy]

@Theyallfloatdownhere When I said remove g stiff I meant turn it to 0