Hi piece-quality.

I understand the idea is to set everything into a Simulation and let it play.
I have not seen what you like to do so far. There are so many ways to think of why it would even "fall". What is the trigger that makes thick leather burst? The chair is pretty sturdy, and the leather is thick.

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From the example above, reduce the Belt> Influence to 0% on one side and then animate the other side.

Yes, you could place a Connector there, for example.
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What part and how should it behave? Do you have a project file or a storyboard to see what is on your mind?

(Regarding specific Cloth apps, I currently have nothing installed here. Perhaps check with the support team for that specific app.)

I hope that helps you explore what works best for you: Simulation, a mix with animation, or even all 100% art directed with Joints.
A question of Control and how much your artistic intent is represented in the way it behaves.

Cheers

You are very welcome, piece-quality.

Here is a simple but complete procedural setup of two objects to create the "curved" underside.

Then we go into modeling.

With that (Current State To Object) Extrude with Caps, (Offset 0.001) can create the top-side. Selecting the new top, pull it up in Y only, then flatten all the top side points (Coordinates).

Example, detailed, and MoGraph setup.
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Cheers

Thanks for the reply, piece-quality,

It has some complexity, but I hope you enjoy exploring it.

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Typically,*, the information flow moves from top to bottom, which is preferable for any scene, but it is also good to read the setup easily.
*(the Volume goes from child to parent, first Volume then Mesh)

Enjoy

Hi piece-quality,

One favor: If the theme changes, use a new thread for the next questions. Thank you.

Otherwise, any search in the forum is difficult, as threads are mixed, and finding the information people like to have is hard.

The Volume System does not have a UV system that follows changes. UV is based on the Polygons of the Mesh as the initial source; if the mesh changes, the UV information from the previous state is not the same.

If the texture is more about colors, perhaps a Vertex map might help. However, since the changes are not connected (frame-wise), there is typically no option to produce any default motion blur.

If you open a new thread, please share a simple Project file with your idea. (Images typically do not tell as much as a project file)

The Triplanar Node might help, even though I doubt it's useful here. However, this is a wild guess since I don't know much about your setup.

Enjoy your weekend

P.S.: As a side note, this is a very simple "set", which means you might have an easier life with camera projection.

Use a Polarization filter here as well (reflections in Camaer projection images destroy the effect), while you get the reflections later with your objects included.

Hi piece-quality,

Thanks for the extra work, very kind of you.

Here is a demo setup.
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Please note that the Connector is used, and the other side of the Rope is just fixed in space.

I have added a Random Field to the Gravity to take that "clean-simulation" look out of it. If that is not to your liking, just delete it.

The Rope is just a spline, and the second one is a "Rail" to keep the geometry more in place. The Rail-Scale option in the Sweep is off.

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I got only half of the file as the sofa was an abc file, which was not attached.

Anyway, I have set up a Mesh deformer. It is faster and can be cached, while the content inside of the Mesh Deformer can be swiftly replaced. (Initiate after replacement).

I hope that works for you.

Enjoy your project

Hi, piece-quality,

Is the cord that covers the soap moving at all? Either way, I would suggest splitting this into two parts. (One part sits around the soap and the other one works like a handle.)

Images have very little information. What animation/simulation do you like to do? Is it practical to do it as a simulation, or perhaps it would be better to do it manually? This would be the first question to explore.

Please share a file (c4d, <1MB or if larger as Dropbox, Apple, Adobe, Google, or Wetransfer service, no shortened URLs, no other cloud services, etc. Security reasons.) Thank you.

Cheers