I want to make a simulation animation like a movie. I have tried using Fluid in Simulation, but how can I express a viscous substance like clay like in the video?
Or would another method such as Soft Body be better?
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maybe a Displace modifier on subdivided cylinder (+ create some procedural bump)? – moonboots Aug 10 '22 at 07:34
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thank you. I will try it and report back. – Hana Aug 10 '22 at 07:49
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did u try metaballs? – Chris Aug 10 '22 at 07:49
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I didn't know about the metaball! Just thought I'd try it the other way for once! Thanks for teaching me! – Hana Aug 10 '22 at 08:43
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I can't help but improve moonboots' answer by using geometry nodes:
This setup requires Blender 3.3
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so cool! I've actually never touched the Geometry node, but I'll give it a try just to see how it looks! Thank you! – Hana Aug 10 '22 at 08:46
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You must touch it if you want to get into animation. It makes so many types of animation feasible. – TheJeran Aug 10 '22 at 08:58
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Here is a try with a Displace modifier and Clouds texture on a cylinder. I've set the Coordinates of the Displace to Object, and the object is the empty that moves along X or along X + Z if you want the texture to deform like in the gif below. In order to make the clay kind of stick to a tube shape you can push up the Colors > Contrast and Brightness of the clouds texture. Also you can give your clay a bit of bump to create additional relief.
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ohh thank you so much!!!! I didn't know there was a way to do this! I'll try it this way! Thanks again! – Hana Aug 10 '22 at 08:45