Problem with the Cloth Modifier in 3DS Max

[tatoozaa]

Hi,

 

I have a problem with the Cloth Modifier in 3DS Max and I want to help me, I searched the net and nothing …

 

The problem is that when I make my tablecloth simulation starts to fall to my table model but does not fall completely stops like a 5 or 8 cm from the table, the simulation continues but never falls completely on the surface of the table I want to stay exactly on the table not floating …

 

Please help me I’m going crazy! with this problem

 

I hope you understand me, I’ll wait for your answer

 

greetings,

[Stephen Thomas]

Cloth problems are usually due to an issue with scene units. I think I'm right in saying that your system units have to be set to inches.

[Tommy L]

you can try changing the offset values in the cloth and the collision object. I sometimes have more luck if I get it as close as I can using the simulation then just manually move it down a bit afterwards.

[tatoozaa]

Thanks for your solutions

 

I try to do what you said about changing Stef.Thomas units usually work with Display Units in meters and System Units Scale in inches, then what I did was change the Display Units to centimeters and the truth was that no solution if not the space that floats my tablecloth is little, so that you can not see the error.

 

But as work with Display Units in meters I will have problems with the measures to be changing this to cm scales is maintained or changed?

[Tommy L]

display units do not matter. Its your world units that are important. But most important of all is that you are working at a correct scale. 10cm sq piece of cotton behaves very differently from a 10m sq piece.

[tatoozaa]

It would be better to work on generic units? what you recommend?

[Tommy L]

Work in the most appropriate unit for the piece. If you're dropping a tablecloth onto a table then I'd recommend working in cm and having your display units in cm also.

[tatoozaa]

okay I will try thank you!!!

[Roodogg]

I'm revisiting this 2 years on because I'm having the same problem. It's ridiculous and I'm almost 100% the cloth mod does not work! Please prove me wrong.

 

I've decided I want to make my own cloth curtains, please read my workflow carefully, it's a bit of a palava but I got the basic idea from here;

 

I started with a rail, then modelled curtain rings, I then animated them to 'open'. As the tut states, I then assigned individual (non instanced) cloth mods and left them on 'inactive'.

 

I then modelled a curtain, applied a cloth mod, set to 'cloth'. I added my sill and set to 'colllsion object'

 

In the 'layers' rolllout of the curtain cloth mod, I selected the verts under the 1st ring, hit 'new group', selected 'node' and then clicked on the 1st curtain ring. Then repeated for the others. When simulating, the curtain moves along with the rings beautifully but thinks the sill is much bigger and freaks out, or it tries... then doesn't even simulate at all.

 

Deselecting 'solid collision' makes a beautiful flowing curtain movement [ATTACH=CONFIG]44143[/ATTACH]but the curtain clips the sill. I need this to work beacuse it would look awesome. Any cloth experts out there would be helping a great deal Thanks for reading.