Drapes heeeelllpp!

[archkre]

Where can I get a good tutorial on how to model drapes/courtains

with Simcloth or similar?

I am working with Interior Designers, who use very complex-stylish

drapes and they are "the Achiles's heel " of my

rendering/animations!

Thank you

[alkis]

hi

i dont normally use simcloth for curtains unless they need to be animated. if you are talking about curtains for stills then a good method is to use nurbs.

the results are very believable and it is dead easy to do

on top view make a nurbs curve that will form the top part of your curtain. you can make it a simple straight line or a wiggly line depending on wht kind of hanging you want

then do another curved line with(nurbs again) and place at the bottom. this line has to be very wigly .just imagine the section line that you would see on a real curtain right at the bottom.

then the only thing you need to do is join with the ruled surface modifier.you click on the first curve then on the second and hey presto max made a surface that looks like a curtain.

hope i helped and that it wasnt too unclear

regards

alkis

[Arnel]

Try this

 

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=3608022

[archkre]

Yes they work, but I mean complicated drapes, like the ones in very $$$ Florida homes ,with complex drapes wrapping around the rods and falling down ,like "barroque style" or something like that.

[Ernest Burden III]

Yes they work, but I mean complicated drapes...with complex drapes wrapping around the rods and falling down ,like "barroque style"

I think you can get pretty far with deforming a basic polygon mesh:

 

 

wrapping this over a rod adds a level of complication. But perhaps an un-necessary one--deconstruct the final image in your head. Do I really have to actually drape over and around a rod? What does it LOOK like and how to do that with the tools I have available to me. Try the idea of layering a few copies of meshes like in my example so they appear wrapped without actually being one object so twisted up. Think about if you will be close enough to the object to really see any difference. Can I do a plywood cutout with a texture painted on it? If these drapes are seen at the back of a room full of goopy furniture you may be able to get away with it. All that matters is how the final looks, not how it is made.

[nisus]

All that matters is how the final looks, not how it is made.

))

 

nisus

[ishpalsingh]

hi haneet, for cloth hanging from table u can use

ffd box or cylinder modifier (depending upon the plan of table) to plane. if u want detail about this ,look for this in max help for ffd modifier u will find a tutorial there

also tell me to wich place and college do u belong ?