Foam Lifejacket in Clo3D

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areef777

• May 30, 2021 00:18

Is it possible to make a foam lifejacket (image reference below) using CLO3D? What function can be used to show the 3D foam in between the layers of lifejacket fabric? Any suggestions or a link to a video if available would be appreciated. Thanks

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• ottoline

  • May 30, 2021 03:19
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  Should be pretty easy to do, just make the foam blocks as avatar objects (in collision with the fabric) and then sew the fabric over.

  Or (better) you could create the foam blocks as fabric cubes and stiffen (with a custom fabric physical preset)  to make them pliable on interaction - which is a pretty simple task.

   

  Either way pretty easy to do, maybe an hour of design work at most. Load your plastic toggles and latches as trim accessories, then everything can be  simulated in realtime as you tighten up the lifejackets around the avatars body.

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• pablo.quintana

  • May 31, 2021 16:58

  I believe the best way is to model them in another 3D software and import them as avatars so the fabric can wrap around the foam blocks.

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• falmouth

  • May 31, 2021 20:57

  There is a way to do it all in Clo without resorting to another program (nothing wrong with that at all if you are happy using other 3D creation tools). I’ve had success thickening a pattern piece (make it like 30mm in the properties) and then wrapping similar pattern pieces over the top. It’s late here now but I’ll aim to make a video tomorrow if that would be useful.
  
  

  Adam

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• areef777

  • May 31, 2021 22:33

  Thank you all for the suggestions. I will try them.

  Hi Adam,

  Yes, that would be very helpful if you could a quick video and provide me the link. Many thanks. Areef

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• ottoline

  • June 01, 2021 00:24
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  Do as falmouth suggests it is by far the easiest way to go as simple fabric cubes (offset surface) > the foam shoulder pads in CLO3D are created this way (try opening them up to see how they work) using additional collision + render offset thickness on the pattern pieces. The advantage of this is that the whole vest is then completely able to be animated or re-simulated easily with full edit control and you can sew the foam blocks to the vets to keep them in position - it's fast and simple to execute. 

   

  

  

  

   

  

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• falmouth

  • June 01, 2021 17:09

  To paraphrase Mark Twain; I didn't have time to make a short video, here's a longer one instead. It's about 20 minutes and not especially well done, but hopefully someone will find it useful.
  
  I might try to make one that's a bit better planned out and recorded. I'll have a look for some suitable reference images.

  Adam

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