Animation Of An Elastic Or Of A Spaghetti!

[starbuzz]

I want to make an animation of a spaghetti falling on some static rigid objects (table corner...)

I use maya 7 (3 months of training) and I did not known how to tackle this problem. I would have used some nurbs to model my spaghetti. But after... I really do not see

thx for your advise

[ptb]

maya unlimited?

if yes, search the manual for "dynamic curve"

[bjohnston]

Use Ncloth! For proper collisions and behaviour.

[tpalamar]

Yes, nCloth is totally the way to go.

[fxnurbs]

he is using maya 7 guys ! no ncloth in maya 7.

Use the dynamic curves, (hair system) if you give an offset for the collision you will have the right things.
Use the curve to drive your mesh, or extrude the curve itself to have a nurbs mesh looking like your spagetti

Cheers