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A. KumarBeginning VFX with Autodesk Mayahttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7857-4_10

10. Playing with Maya nCloth

Abhishek Kumar1  
(1)
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
 

In Maya, you can create dynamic cloth effects using the Maya nCloth feature. nCloth is a fast and stable dynamic cloth solution that simulates a wide range of dynamic polygon surfaces—such as fabric clothing, inflating balloons, shattering surfaces, and deformable objects—using a system of linked particles. nCloth is made up of modeled polygon meshes. You can create a nCloth object from any type of polygon mesh, which is ideal for achieving specific poses while maintaining directorial control. ...

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