# Opening a Shirt

**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/opening-a-shirt/40720
**Category:** Maya
**Tags:** cloth
**Created:** [March 17, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/opening-a-shirt/40720 "2005-03-17T12:28:50Z")
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### Author: ![ankuragarwal](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@ankuragarwal](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/ankuragarwal)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2005, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/opening-a-shirt/40720/1 "2005-03-17T12:28:50Z")

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How to animate cloth, e.g. a character is wearing a shirt and he is opening it and removing it.   
Similarly, a girl is dancing and giving a twist to her skirt by her hands at times in between. How to do such animation, involving cloth and a character.

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### Author: ![drblacksnake](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@drblacksnake](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/drblacksnake)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/opening-a-shirt/40720/2 "2005-03-17T20:39:13Z")

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Buttons and F1.

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### Author: ![dezfx](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@dezfx](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/dezfx)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/opening-a-shirt/40720/3 "2005-05-28T18:51:15Z")

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Here is a [tutorial](http://smorigin.scm.cityu.edu.hk/intranet/lm3/docs/maya_games/) where they use cloth to make a chain mail for their character. He uses a contraint on the front curve instead of stitching it so it can be partially open. You may be able to do something similar to this by animating the Start and End Param to get the opening you want.