How to create this deformation in DOPs?

[magneto]

Hi,

Anyone knows how to achieve this kind of deformation in DOPs? Would cloth work? I assumed for cloth you need open flat surfaces. Here are the pics:

Thanks

[Solitude]

Those were made with cloth (not Houdini). But yes, cloth will work as a (closed) solid object. You just need faces. The (old) masterclass videos from a while back specifically went over plastic (or metal) deformations: http://www.sidefx.co...1540&Itemid=344 this still applies, albeit the cloth solver has gone through a few iterations.

Edited September 11, 2013 by Solitude

[magneto]

Thanks Solitude, that looks great. I need to watch it asap. Hope it's not very slow to simulate it as I only used cloth on very simple geometry

[Solitude]

The trick is to use as low of a detail as you can get away with to sim on, then wrap a high-res geometry onto that. You could also then add in additional details based on how much deformation and stress has been applied to the object as well.

[magneto]

Thanks Solitude, that's a great trick. I will definitely try that. After simming the lowres, do you use cloth capture and cloth deform SOPs?

[Solitude]

Yup, that's what they're there for. That or something that gives you the same result.

[magneto]

Thanks Solitude appreciate your insight