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Mirrored alembic collision issue
Posted: 10 June 2022 08:37 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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Hello everyone,

I made an animated hand that should collide with an object. Since mirroring animations in cinema 4d is tricky, I decided to bake the hand as an alembic and mirror it.

I set the scale of the second hand to -1 and it looks fine.

My problem is as follows: The -1 scaled alembic does not work properly with the collision deformer. How does the collision deformer read meshes? is there a way to mirror an animated alembic other than scalling it to -1?

Here’s a video to clarify my issue:
https://youtu.be/Euo9q3ORyj4

Thanks in advance,
Hady

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Posted: 10 June 2022 03:03 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Hi Hady,

I wouldn’t use the -1 idea.

Use the Mirror function and enable the Animation option:
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/s26/en-us/Default.htm#html/TOOLCAMIRROR-ID_CA_MIRROR_TOOL_GROUP_OPTIONS.html#ID_CA_MIRROR_TOOL_CLONE_ANIM

Here is an example, done with the Mirror function, including a Collision deformer
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/fajfZoYWYjXeAHqtxWePpCBxzISyZfyu4a2okVI7MwB

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Posted: 11 June 2022 05:26 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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Thank you Dr. Sassi! Solved my problem smile

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Posted: 11 June 2022 03:07 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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You’re very welcome, Hady!

Have a great weekend

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