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788 Chapter 13: reactor
Soft Body Collection
Create panel > Helpers > reactor > SBCollectio n
Menu bar > reactor > Create Object > Soft Body Collection
reactor toolbar > create Sof t Body Collection button
The Soft Body Collection is a reactor helper object
that acts as a container for soft b odies. Once you
have created a Soft B o dy Collection, you can add
any soft bodies in the scene to the collection. For
more information about soft bodies, see Soft Body
Modifier (page 2–784).
When you run the simulation, the soft body
collections in the scene are examined, and,
provided the collections are not disabled, reactor
adds the soft bodies they contain to the simulation.
Pr ocedur es
To create and use a Sof t B ody Collection:
1.
Create some soft bodies by applying the reactor
SoftBody modifier to standard objects.
2. Choose any of the above commands, and then
click in any viewport to add the Soft Body
Collection.
Note: The icon’s position has no effect on the
collection’s behavior.
The collection icon is added to the scene. You
canaddsoftbodiestothecollectionintwo
ways: by picking or by using a selection list.
3. Add objects to the collection using either (or
both) of these methods:
• On the Properties rollout, click the Pick
button, and then in the viewport click an
object to add.
• On the Properties rollout, click the Add
button, and then use the Select Soft Bodies
dialog to specify one or more objects to add.
To create the collection and a dd objects in a single
step:
•SeetheScripts (page 2–817) topic.
Interfa ce
Soft Body Collection Properties rollout
Highlight—Click t his button to cause the objects
in the Soft Bodies list to momentarily display as
if selected.
Soft B odies—Liststhenamesoftheobjects
currently in the S oft Body Coll ection.
Pick —Adds an object to the Soft B ody Collection.
Clickthisbutton,andthenintheviewportmove
thecursorovertheobjecttoaddtothecollection.
If it is a soft body, the cursor will change from an
arrow to a cross and you can select the o bject to
add it to the collection.
Add—Adds one or more objects from the scene to
the collection. Click the button to open the Select
Soft B o dies dialog. Highlight one or more items in
the list, and then click the Select button to add the
objects to the collection.
Delete—Removes objects from the collection. In
the Soft Bodies list, highlight t he bodies to remove
from the collection and click this button.