Cloth simulation travel in a circle

[practice-boss]

Hi all,
What is the best way for a cloth simulation to follow a circular path with turbulence force? Any suggestion/help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Hoi

[Dr. Sassi]

Hi Hoi,

Please have a look here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/f3q7z6g2lu16uy1/CV4_2023_drs_23_SIfw_01.zip?dl=0
I would suggest caching the Cloth.
Please note that I have set the Gravity to zero.
There are many ways to do it, but I hope the scene's elements help shape the illusion.

(The simple version would be to use a Belt and animate a collider object as the "belt".)

Enjoy

[practice-boss]

Hi Dr. Sassi,

Thank you for the file and suggestion. Never knew you can change volume builder to vector and use it as a field. That will open a lot more experimentation. As for this example,
I end up exporting the cloth as alembic with turbulence and, align to spline the alembic cloth to travel in a circle path.

[Dr. Sassi]

You're very welcome, practice-boss.

Yes, there are many ways to do it, and Forces are just one of the powerful options.

Enjoy