3D:Animation

Icon & Location

• Toolbar: 3D

Window

3D Animation Pane

Export Animated Cloth from PDS to Maya

• In PDS;

1. place cloth and do the initial draping
2. open animation window> check "Export Cache" on> browse to a folder where you want to save a file and give it a desired name (name*.ccd)
3. set the "from" and "to" frames to simulate
4. press the "Play button" and wait till the animation is done.
5. after the animation stopped, the cache file (*.ccd) will be written to defined destination.
6. in 3d tool bar, save model as Maya file format (*.mb) check the "Animation" on.

Export to mb from OptiTex

• In Maya

1. Make sure the "MayaAnimPlugin.mll" plugin is loaded (download file from here)
2. open exported Maya file.
3. select the Cloth mesh and open Attribute Editor
4. go to "OptiClothCacheNode1" and make sure the path is correct, fix if needed and press enter (you can type in command line select "OptiClothCacheNode1" )
5. you can play the animation.

Maya Plug-in Manager

• Requirements

1. Maya 2010 32 bit installed.
2. OptiTex cache reader for maya "MayaAnimPlugin.mll" is installed.

Preferences

• In 3D Tools Preferences, "Use Fast Snapshot mode", if you are using NVIDIA® GeForce® 8 series and higher graphic card. This mode will avoid image corruption for Animation videos and 3D snapshots.

Related subjects

• 3D Save Model
• Training 3D Animation Course