Mesh Deformer with Cloner

[Cit]

Hi!,
I have a High poly object with a mesh deformer (the old "cage") and a low poly object linked to it.
I then applied a soft body tag, and it works perfect. I see the high poly object behaving as a soft body.
But, what if I want to clone it?. Do I have to do it manually?
Or I can use the cloner tool?. I tried but, of course it doesn't work as easily.

I attached the disposition I have at the moment.

Thank you in advance!

[Dr. Sassi]

Hi Cit,

To my knowledge, that is not doable in one step.

Images tell a little bit, but leave typically most of the setup hidden.

Typically, most of the parts will be calculated before the geometry is generated anew from the Cloner.
I assume that the FFD will get the Softbody object data before it is cloned, and apply that to the Object. So, the answer is yes, you are correct; that is a manual process. Please note: The Mesh deformer is a faster way than the FDD (but it needs also some extra steps.)

However, the Cloner can help here, as it produces copies of your setup. Just make a copy of the Cloner, and switch the original off. Then, with the Copy active, press C, and you get individual "units".

That is all I can guess from what I got from the image.

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Thank you!

There are limitations with clones, hence they are pretty much copies.

All the best

[Dr. Sassi]

Hi Cit,

Here is a tutorial that covers the needed workflow.
https://www.youtube.com/live/JvncJjTion8?si=jodwXTBR2GwdOTJn&t=1705

In short, the "proxy" is first created using Soft Body, then the main object is created in the same way, using the previous data, and that's it.

Cheers

[Cit]

Thank you so much!, that video is just what I was looking for, it was a hierarchy problem, as always!. Just to place the mesh into the cloner and not into the object, cool!

[Dr. Sassi]

I'm glad that fits to your current setup needs, Cit.

Thanks for the reply.

Enjoy your project!