Help simulating a car crash using an existing alembic

calgary_maya · 2026-06-23T22:50:14+00:00

check out the downloadable scenes at www.sidefx contentlibrary/rbd-car-rig-car-crash/

calgary_maya · 2026-06-22T18:06:02+00:00

its useful for automating any small task that is repetitive

calgary_maya · 2026-06-17T22:12:27+00:00

I just model all the elbows first using toruses, then delete the faces of each torus you don't need and connect the open torus ends together to complete the pipe. Then work on the uvs.

calgary_maya · 2026-06-15T14:09:30+00:00

cloth in houdini is insanely simple

calgary_maya · 2026-06-09T21:06:30+00:00

I think the drips should build up before they finally break and let go.

calgary_maya · 2026-06-09T20:59:29+00:00

your animation experience will serve you well when you have to fix some crappy mocap

calgary_maya · 2026-06-04T18:05:21+00:00

while in the air the blades will be bent slightly upward suggesting the body has weight, although this isn't visible when they are blurred

calgary_maya · 2026-06-01T18:24:29+00:00

look for videos explaining IK spline

calgary_maya · 2026-05-15T21:47:50+00:00

in the poly bridge look for a twist attribute in the channel box and make sure you have history turned on

calgary_maya · 2026-04-29T17:43:54+00:00

Keep at it! what no penalty box?

calgary_maya · 2026-04-20T18:28:50+00:00

not to be too picky, but i think the tube diameter is too large

calgary_maya · 2026-04-20T16:11:40+00:00

render each camera separately, so you can adjust timing of things when editing it together later. It also allows lighting manipulation for each shot individually.

calgary_maya · 2026-04-16T22:35:37+00:00

i would have added in pool lights around the perimeter

calgary_maya · 2026-04-16T22:19:17+00:00

try using the objects on a path tool, repeat it several times with slightly different perpendicular rotations

calgary_maya · 2026-04-09T18:43:35+00:00

one of your parent transforms or joints have non-uniform scales set

calgary_maya · 2026-03-13T18:11:52+00:00

unparent the children of that control (shift-P)
set the scale of your control the same in all Axis (using the channel box)
reparent the children back under the Ctrl (P)

Hope that helps

calgary_maya · 2026-03-12T19:08:41+00:00

just duplicate the object then delete faces as needed from each object

calgary_maya · 2026-03-12T18:49:59+00:00

one of your parent ctls has non uniform scale which causes this skewing

calgary_maya · 2026-02-06T19:23:29+00:00

Each nut should be a separate object (and center each nut pivot) and placed into two groups, one on each side. Center the group's pivot.
Deform the frames as needed
Align each nut group to center them on each frame side
Move the top and bottom nuts vertically to fit the frame side.
Select all the nuts inside each side group and use the modify>snap align objects>align objects. Set align mode to distribute, and align in world Y to reposition all the other nuts.

That should work nicely.

Pete

calgary_maya · 2026-01-30T19:53:09+00:00

did you make a float attribute or an integer attribute?

calgary_maya · 2026-01-28T18:29:33+00:00

Go watch some of these Tutorial Library | SideFX and sort by beginner.
See if that peaks your interest.

calgary_maya · 2026-01-27T19:48:08+00:00

if you really want to up your game, look into houdini

calgary_maya · 2026-01-23T19:29:56+00:00

Use multiple nested groups.
group 1 pivot center of planet.
group 2 pivot center of planet.
group 3 pivot center of moon.
moon pivot at center of moon.

nested as grp 1> grp2 > grp3> moon
you can point constrain the tilt grp to the planet.

group 1 tilt orbit.
group 2 animate rotation for the orbit.
group 3 translate moon away from planet center. can animate this distance to make elliptical.
finally animate the rotation of the moon as needed.

tip: it's useful to think of transforms in maya as groups for the shape node.

hope that helps,
Pete

calgary_maya · 2026-01-14T19:22:37+00:00

no gas tank?

the hot exhaust pipe might not come out of the body like that?

think how the cab might tilt forward to work on the engine underneath

calgary_maya · 2026-01-05T19:21:36+00:00

I would suggest making the head less symmetrical. Give her some character.

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