Cloth & Ncloth Question

[mike_w]

I had (well I still have the CD's) Maya 6.5. The book had a chapter on how to make clothes. It was complex and didn't turn out right. Basically it was sewn up like regular clothes. I am currently using Maya 8.5. The book I have "Mastering Maya 8.5". It is a good book and goes into detail about making "existing" cloth fit, blow in the wind, twist when the figure moves, all of that. Well how do I go about making the basic cloth itself? Is there any tutorials to show me how to create the basic cloth for my nude figure.

[gmask]

It's much easier now.. you can basically turn any mesh into cloth.. make a mesh and select make cloth.. simple.. no more making patterns and closing seams and stuff

[mike_w]

Are you sure it works with Maya 8.5. I just came across a tutorial "Demystifying Cloth in Maya." http://jawa9000.com/Technical/cloth/cloth.htm

It said the tutorial was for Maya 5 thru 8.5 and the instructions were for the old method.

[gmask]

you don't have to do any of that for nCloth .. that tutorial must have been guessing that the system would still be the same one in 8.5

[mike_w]

Gmask, thanks for the info. However I can't seem to find the commands "Make Cloth" or "Create Cloth". Where should I look? There is nothing in the book that references either of these commands.

[gmask]

nCloth>nCloth>Create nCloth