rbd or bullet solution

[muzaffer]

Hello Houdini People

I am trying to smash metal object to ground and make the parts of object is separate and crashes on it,

what is the good way of doing king of effect,

thanks

[Netvudu]

If you are wondering about the flying pieces and parts, obviously you need rigid bodies, either Bullet or RBD. If the Bullet solver works, use it as it will be faster. Any RBD Glue Object should work. You could try dynamic fracturing, but only if your object isn´t too complex. Otherwise sim time might be painful.

Now, you might consider cloth dynamics for deforming metal. It´s quite common and a good approach for it.

Apart from that....you should try first and ask later

Edited June 13, 2012 by Netvudu

[muzaffer]

thanks Netvudu,

is there any tutorial or simple hip files describe that kind of effects

Thanks,