Is it possible to make THICK cloth with maya cloth

[wonder-1]

Is it possible to make THICK cloth with maya cloth? Paper thin cloth just does not suit me. If its just a setting that I'm missing or I just have to design the cloths that way...can you let me know?

Thanks so much
Matt

Matt Rizos
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[goli]

make a cloth object out of a poly object, then after solving, extrude faces with keep edges together. Not sure if you can extrude the faces of a garment, though.

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Is it possible to make THICK cloth with maya cloth? Paper thin cloth just does not suit me. If its just a setting that I'm missing or I just have to design the cloths that way...can you let me know?

Thanks so much
Matt Matt Rizos
2D | 3D Matchmover
http://www.matchmovin.com

[el-diablo]

duplicate the cloth object at resting pose, then model it to show volume, and when thats done us the original as a wrap deformer.......el diablo

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[thematt]

Hello,
you can try to fake it using the CurveOnPolyEdge (find it onAlias web site)..with that select the border of your clothe make a curve(with that script) with keep history on..then extrude a circle, this way you'll have a border that follow your cloth...it still just a simulation but it's not as expensive as using your clothe as Warp (though this should give great result too)...

cheers

thematt

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Is it possible to make THICK cloth with maya cloth? Paper thin cloth just does not suit me. If its just a setting that I'm missing or I just have to design the cloths that way...can you let me know?

Thanks so much
Matt Matt Rizos
2D | 3D Matchmover
http://www.matchmovin.com

[jtk77]

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Is it possible to make THICK cloth with maya cloth? Paper thin cloth just does not suit me. If its just a setting that I'm missing or I just have to design the cloths that way...can you let me know?

Thanks so much
Matt Matt Rizos
2D | 3D Matchmover
http://www.matchmovin.com

I havn;t messed with cloth since its first appearence in Maya ..
but I had one hell of a time attempting to get heavy corse cloth like a monks rob , or home-spun material..

You could try using a softbody similar to the girls dress in BINGO way back when.
I was getting somewhere with it as opposed to cloth was like silk no matter how much friction i added.
Never did finish the project since it was "for-fun" thing anyway ..but
just a suggestion to look into if cloth isn't making it.
Please post if you come up with a solution that works without your simulation time being rediculous.

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[jacquesbroquard]

Hi,
I would suggest the bonus tool that is available. The documentation reads as follows below.
Best,
Jacques

Thicken Cloth
This command gives a cloth mesh thickness. The selected mesh is extruded and then smoothed. Two attributes are added to the clothShape node:
Thickness: this controls how thick the cloth is
Thickness State: the thickness can be turned off to improve the speed of simulation and playback.
Note: Since the cloth mesh is smoothed, the cloth can generally be created and simulated at a lower resolution.
?To use, select a cloth mesh and Bonus Game->Thicken Cloth.

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