SOFTIMAGEXSI Tutorial - Simple Cloth

Tutorial • Simple ClothSimple ClothThis tutorial requires the Cloth plug-in, which is available for either the SOFTIMAGE|XSI Essentials or SOFTIMAGE|XSI Advanced package. To activate it, you must purchase it separately. See your local Softimage Sales Office for details.This is a typical cloth example: a curtain blown by the wind. Albeit simple, this exercise will show you the basic steps for simulating cloth in XSI.Load the Cloth_curtain.scn scene to get started.1 of 6Tutorial Simple ClothSetting the end frames1. Set the end frame on the timeline to 200. 2. Select the cloth object (blue grid) and choose Create > Cloth > From Selection from the Simulate toolbar (press 4).3. In the ClothOp property editor, change the simulation's End Frame to 200 so that there is enough time to see the simulation happening. Close the property editor.Setting a local cloth cluster4. In the Front view, tag the four vertices in the upper-left corner of the curtain and choose Create > Cloth > Local Cloth Cluster.5. Name the cluster Cloth-leftnail, then select the Nail option to nail this cluster down.6. Tag the five vertices in the upper-right corner of the curtain and choose the Local Cloth Cluster command again (middle-click on the Cloth menu button to repeat).7. Name this cluster Cloth-rightnail, and again, select Nail. 2 of 6Tutorial Simple ClothAdding gravity and wind forcesIf you play the scene back, nothing happens yet because there are no forces!8 ...