Multi RBD to Wire Constraints with Apply Relationship

[BOON]

Hi,

I'm doing a test on constraining multiple RBDs to the end of each wires via the Apply Relationship DOP, but I'm having problems attaching my RBDs to the points on the wire object.

This is something new to me, can anyone enlighten me please?

MultiWireConstraints.hipnc

[woodenduck]

I found this really helpful when trying to do something similar, check out the wire to RBD feedback section - http://ihoudini.blogspot.co.uk/

[BOON]

yeah i've came across that post too.. but i think i'm trying to achieve something different than that.

(hope i'm not missing out any points..)

I am able to constrain an object to a wire with an sbdpinconstraint DOP no problem, and they would interact nicely. But now i want to constraint about 40 objects to 40 lines that happen to be 1 wireobject, and i think the apply relationship DOP would do the job. Unfortunately i just can't quite pull off that trick, needed more tips to wrap my head around it.

Edited November 30, 2012 by BOON

[bloomendale]

You definitely need to do something like feedback force cause houdini doesn't.

As for apply relationship dop:

1) create number of rels == number of rbd spheres (dopobjscreatedby() func). Now you're creating pairs of objects but you don't have them - only one! wire object and bunch of rbds.

2) set only one variable in applyrel dop == $REL - this way you can stamp it in sbdconstraint node to define what sphere and what point on the wire object to constrain. So in sbd constraint:

Constraint object will be your wire,

Constrained point - arg(pointlist(path_to_wire_obj_SOP, point_group_to_constrain), stamp(...$REL... here...)

Goal Object - arg(dopobjscreatedby(your_spheres_object), stamp(...$REL... here...))

Goal Points - the same as Constrained.

Activation - always 1.

[BOON]

Thank you so much bloomendale for helping me out with the applyrel dop, now I have a clearer idea of how it works. And yes you are right, it looks like i need to do a feedback force to make them interact with each other. Strange enough, because it looked like they were interacting when I was trying to constraint just 1 object.

[minimayy]

On 30/11/2012 at 7:29 PM, bloomendale said:

You definitely need to do something like feedback force cause houdini doesn't.

As for apply relationship dop:

1) create number of rels == number of rbd spheres (dopobjscreatedby() func). Now you're creating pairs of objects but you don't have them - only one! wire object and bunch of rbds.

2) set only one variable in applyrel dop == $REL - this way you can stamp it in sbdconstraint node to define what sphere and what point on the wire object to constrain. So in sbd constraint:

Constraint object will be your wire,

Constrained point - arg(pointlist(path_to_wire_obj_SOP, point_group_to_constrain), stamp(...$REL... here...)

Goal Object - arg(dopobjscreatedby(your_spheres_object), stamp(...$REL... here...))

Goal Points - the same as Constrained.

Activation - always 1.

Is it possible to provide a hip file with this?