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badpigeon 22 posts
Hey, I was wondering if anyone here has ever messed with making cracks on surfaces in Max. I want to make an object hit a flat plane, then have the plane crack. I want to make the object a bullet, so when it hits the plane it creates outward cracks. I know one way, I could make the plane an editable Poly, and use the cut tool to create the cracks. Is there a better way to do this or am I on the right track?
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g3org3 355 posts
your on the right track. I would do this in reactor with rigid body. Add a fracture thingy to the wall or floor(it holds it together a bit more with this). then animate the bullet so it has some speed.
You can also animate the visibility so that the wall doesn't look cracked right up to when it gets hit. SO have 2 objects, one that is all cracked and on set of objects that are in pieces. Then animate it so it changes from the first one to the second one really quickly, and right before the bullet hits.
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Cameron 2,374 posts
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Animare 51 posts
Hey dude..not sure if this will help but heres a tutorial that might..erm..help...
http://67.15.36.49/team/Tutorials/cutting/cutting1.asp
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Franklyn 553 posts
model the different fragments and have them in a fracture collection . that should work a lot better than animated boolean :S
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dami 62 posts
hey bro,u could use PARTICLE FLOW.
check out allan mckay's site
http://www.allanmckay.com.
download his fracture script and view his tutorial.
thats a diff way of doin it!
cool,hope this helps
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badpigeon 22 posts
Thanks for all the help, ill give some of this stuff a try.
Franklyn, what would I do after I add them to a fracture collection?
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Craig 63 posts
if i were you id ask tyson, he did a cool little animation on his website, its 2 characers fighting and he punches him into a wall and the wall cracks and parts fall to the ground.
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WillRyan 12 posts
Autodesk just announced that Max 8 subscribers will be getting the plug-in as a feature update sometime soon. It looks like it will help immensely in setting up fractures on objects. Not to mention completely boosting workflows for hard-surface modellers.
I'll second the request in the meantime for a quick tut from Tyson based on that cool fight scene ani.
