ncloth issue

# 1 18-09-2012 , 11:40 AM

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Hello, i am quite new to using ncloth and has some questions

I set up my character in t-pose and the cloth is set in place. In frame 10, my character is in a different pose and then i set my cloth initial state from current but when i go back to the t-pose frame which is the first frame, the cloth is totally turned into a mess. And also when i got to set my initial state, i have to play it from the beginner until my desired frame in order to deform the cloth properly..is there a easier way?

What is the general workflow for ncloth and also solutions?

thanks

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# 2 18-09-2012 , 02:01 PM

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I can't really help you on that, but I remember seeing a tut or two on here with ncloth, the other one was rigging Jay's alien. Might be overdue for a ncloth dedicated tut here *ehem* user added image

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# 3 18-09-2012 , 04:18 PM

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Have you thought of caching the simulation?

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# 4 18-09-2012 , 06:48 PM

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Might be overdue for a ncloth dedicated tut here *ehem*

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Haha one's already in the making in fact, it's something very complicated including nHair, ropes and sails that's way above my head. Looks cool though user added image

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# 5 18-09-2012 , 07:51 PM

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I think what went wrong is you set you ncloth at frame 10 then you have gone back to frame 1 where your body mesh is in the t-pose, try starting a frame -10 or more then let the ncloth go to it resting place then set your ncloth..............dave

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# 6 24-09-2012 , 05:35 AM

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thanks for the replies user added image

, i kinda understand the workflow with ncloth now, it's more troublesome than i thought.

But i have a new question, is there a way to disable collision between the ncloth and the faces? I just want to disable collision for some faces such as the hands so i wont get weird deformation when the hands touches the cloth.

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# 7 24-09-2012 , 07:26 AM

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You could extract the hand mesh as a seperate mesh but the question should be why is there still some deformation of the mesh................dave

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# 8 24-09-2012 , 01:23 PM

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i mean the deformation with the cloth when the hand touches it. When the hands touches the cloth, the cloth seem to be sticking to it, creating weird deformations.

I also thought of seperating the mesh but wondering if there is a better solution out there?

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