You're reading from Learn Blender Simulations the Right Way Create attractive and realistic animations with Mantaflow, rigid and soft bodies, and Dynamic Paint

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803234151

Length 368 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Blender

Concepts

Animation

Author (1):

Stephen Pearson

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Using Mantaflow for Fire, Smoke, and Fluids

2. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Mantaflow FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding Domains, Flows, and Effectors

4. Chapter 3: Creating a Realistic Campfire Simulation

5. Chapter 4: Creating a Waterfall Using Mantaflow

6. Chapter 5: Creating a Realistic Explosion

7. Part 2: Simulating Physics with Soft Bodies and Cloth

8. Chapter 6: Getting Started with Soft Bodies

9. Chapter 7: Creating a Soft Body Obstacle Course

10. Chapter 8: Introduction to Cloth Simulations

11. Chapter 9: Creating a Realistic Flag

12. Part 3: Diving into Rigid Bodies

13. Chapter 10: An Introduction to Rigid Bodies

14. Chapter 11: Creating a Rigid Body Physics Course

15. Part 4: Understanding Dynamic Paint in Blender

16. Chapter 12: Introduction to Dynamic Paint

17. Chapter 13: Creating a Paintbrush Effect

18. Chapter 14: Creating a Raindrop Effect

19. Index

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Rigid Body World

Rigid Body World is located in the Scene panel; it is where you can set which collection will be simulated, the speed, and the steps per frame. This is also where you bake in the simulation:

Figure 10.18 – Rigid Body World settings

When you first add a rigid body to the scene, the rigid body world is created. Without this, nothing would be simulated; you always need the rigid body world. You can disable this world by unchecking it or by clicking Remove Rigid Body World. Now, let’s talk about the settings in this panel:

With the collection called RigidBodyWorld selected, every rigid body in every collection can be simulated. However, if you choose a specific collection, then only the objects in that particular collection will be simulated.
Below that, there is a Constraints collection. In Figure 10.18, it’s currently empty. This is because it’s not created until you create a rigid body constraint...