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Thank you, erwin, (I write it as you do, with an e instead of an E).

When I activated the Hair the first time, everything stopped. (M1 Max)
So I dialed it down. Switch the Dynamics (Hair) off for initial tests.

Caching will store only the Guides, not the Hair. Hair, in this case, is the interpolation among all the Guides. So, Caching helps, but not that much.

If you can live without Dynamic and Redshift for this, you can use Fur, which was created for that effect, to cover large furry areas.

All the best

P.S.: You never bother, if that was even meant in a serious way. Please feel always free to ask.

Hi Cyril, you're very welcome.

Even Hair is easy to set up, it can go relatively deep, and yes, the application is mostly parameter-driven when one excludes the Styling tools. In other words, the number of parameters and tabs doesn't support a lot of intuitive handling; what is possible needs to be known. The content mentioned below puts a great deal of light on that subject.

There are two series over at the old Cineversity
https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaytut/hair_overview_the_hair_menu_-_part_1

Sadly, two detailed series are available with an older GUI, but the functionality hasn't changed.

• The Hair Menu
• Everything Hair

There was a DPP episode about Hair:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiElJ-ssIqg

I hope that helps.

My best wishes

You're very welcome, cyrilrueg!

Thanks for the reply.

My best wishes for your project.

You're very welcome, load-traffic.

It is very nice of you to take the time to reply.

My best wishes for 2024.

Hi confidence-devil,

Thanks for opening a new thread. I have moved your first post to this. Let me know if it is OK to delete the double post. I feel uncomfortable doing so without your OK.

I do not have your project here, so I can set one up here and guess your parameters and resulting shapes. In return, I produce something that might not work at all.

If you have "Square" set in the Generator, the number of Segments will change the outcome dramatically.

Yes, the Polygon Reduction shows only results when the geometry breaks apart.

Try the Remesher; At 10%, I get 30% fewer polygons with questionable results—no idea what you have on your end. Share on Polygon hair; I don't need the full project.
From there, I can do more.

Perhaps, a Volume based solution will work, but again, it depends on the shape of the overall result you like to create for export.

Let me know; I'm happy to look into it.

Enjoy your weekend

Thanks a lot, video-resource!

Yes, Scatter would be the correct name—no idea how that happened. 😉
Should I blame my text correction, hehe? No, it was certain me: So sorry about the time you wasted.
The Matrix-Scatter is a comfortable way, a mixture of Matrix and RS-Tag (Redshift Object Tag).

I'm super glad it helps to cut down render times.

My best wishes for your project

Hi reading-card,

The key problem would be that the Polygon where the Root is will be lifted. Hence the results look somewhat chaotic.
If you could connect the points of the hair instances with the "main body", then the Polygon would be inside of it. Meaning you have three polygons sharing a single edge. This will not provide excellent results.
There is, of course, the idea of having two "main bodies" animated in the same way, preferably via PLA.
With this, one would have the Root information, and the other would receive the results. However, the Hair instances are generated, and I'm unclear on how to combine them and have those working with SDS.

Hence my suggestion with the Joint Rig.

Cheers