I Need To Explode/shatter A Bulb......?

[gallardo]

Hi!

i have a lamp with a bulb on it.The lamp falls(just topples over,not from a height or something) and the bulb blasts on hitting the ground.Now,a bulb is highly pressurised,as far as i know,so it would kinda explode....with shards shooting off and most of the mesh retained in big chunks of glass.(just like a normal bulb when it breaks).
I tried using shatter,but the results were...well, not great.Could someone pleeese help me here.
PLEASE HELP!

[ptb]

QUOTE(gallardo @ 04/27/07, 07:02 AM) [snapback]265021[/snapback]
Hi!

i have a lamp with a bulb on it.The lamp falls(just topples over,not from a height or something) and the bulb blasts on hitting the ground.Now,a bulb is highly pressurised,as far as i know,so it would kinda explode....with shards shooting off and most of the mesh retained in big chunks of glass.(just like a normal bulb when it breaks).
I tried using shatter,but the results were...well, not great.Could someone pleeese help me here.
PLEASE HELP!

Well, when shatter isn't good enough I guess you'll have to first imagine what look you want to achieve and then model the pieces. In addition you can add an instanced particle shape for the very small ones (the exploding lightbulb effect is so fast I don't think you'll see the transition from Geometry to instance particles for the small areas).

Yes, it takes hours and hours of work, but hey, good things (almost) always take time

[flash3d]

http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital\_tutors/video.php?v=536

This is a very good video tutorial on Maya Shatter.

I think you will find everything you need within this option rather than modelling all the shards separatly, this sounds a little ridiculous.

[joojaa]

QUOTE(flash3d @ 05/16/07, 06:45 PM) [snapback]266199[/snapback]
I think you will find everything you need within this option rather than modelling all the shards separatly, this sounds a little ridiculous.

Well actually its not a big job to split it up, anyway assuming you can get greatness by clicking 2 or theres button is ridiculous. Tough in this case it works quite well. However if spend 5-15 minutes cutting it up because its even better then shatter only the parts i need really really small.