Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
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# 1 30-09-2007 , 01:57 PM
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Soil pushed back when plant is growing

I have a plant animation that breaks through soil (a closeup shot too) and I need a method to animate some soil to be pushed back when the stem of the plant breaks through. Any ideas to create a seamless dirt that matches the dirt in the footage to push back for the growing plant?

# 2 30-09-2007 , 10:38 PM
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You could yse particles, or map the soil onto a softbody plane and have that interacting with the plant stem.


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# 3 06-10-2007 , 11:01 PM
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Thanks! I did the soft body technique and I don't know how to keep the soft body "sift" instead of wavy.

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