Clearing dforce simulation on one item while leaving the others?

DefaultName

Sometimes I'll use more than one dforce item for a scene, let's say a blanket and some hair. I run dforce on the blanket, and get it just how I want, freeze sim, but then I need to simulate the hair. The blanket stays, but I don't get the hair right, so I've got to clear siumulation and do it again... but that will reset the blanket, even with freeze sim on.

At this stage, when I get something with dforce posed right and something wrong, I just reload the scene to where the blanket is right so I don't need to simulate again. Is there another way? Is it safe to remove a dforce modifier from something already posed? Thank you!

Richard Haseltine

If you want to rerun the simulation on the hair just do so, that will clear any existing simulation.

DefaultName

Richard Haseltine said:

If you want to rerun the simulation on the hair just do so, that will clear any existing simulation.

You're right, but that reminds me, the reason I use clear simulation is so that I can resposition the figure or anything else around the item's cleared state. Oftentimes I would not remember where the hair or cloth would start if not for clear simulation.

chris-2599934

Yes, you can do this. Select the item(s) you want to clear, Then in the Edit > Object > Geometry menu there's an option to "Clear dForce Simulation from Selected Item(s)."

 

Anim

You can also right click on "Simulation Setting pane ..." to reset simulation of only the selected items instead of all of them.

 

Anim

You can also right click on "Simulation Setting pane ..." to reset simulation of only the selected items instead of all of them.

 

Anim

Sorry double post.

DefaultName

chris-2599934 said:

Yes, you can do this. Select the item(s) you want to clear, Then in the Edit > Object > Geometry menu there's an option to "Clear dForce Simulation from Selected Item(s)."

 

 

Anim said:

You can also right click on "Simulation Setting pane ..." to reset simulation of only the selected items instead of all of them.

 

Thank you both! I'll try these out next time I need to.

hansolocambo

Thanks @chris-2599934 and @Anim, super useful. 

FSMCDesigns

Anim said:

You can also right click on "Simulation Setting pane ..." to reset simulation of only the selected items instead of all of them.

 

fantastic, was looking for a solution to this issue.