Lagoa Setup Throw Breakable Structure from Grid

 
 
 

Contains all the necessary Lagoa nodes to create a particle emission in which the particles' structure can be broken apart. The default results are a "soft body" cluster of particles that sticks to a collision object, but can be broken.

Plug this compound's Execute output into a port on the ICETree node or in an Execute port on a Simulation Root node.

Tasks: Lagoa/Presets

Output Ports: Execute

This compound is the same as Lagoa Setup Throw Breakable Structure except that you need to use a null as the emitter object instead of a volume object.

Null In Name

Plug in a null object's Out Name output here. The particles are emitted from this object.

If no object is plugged in here, the particles are emitted from a global position.

You can also plug a group node here, with each null emitter object defined in the group.

You can change the shape of the null in its property editor to change the emission volume.

Stretch Resistance

How much the elastic structure resists stretching/bending.

These are the parallel links that are made horizontally and vertically between the points, creating a tile-like pattern in the structure. These links try to prevent the object from stretching.

Low values allow the material to deform without resistance, while higher values prevent it from stretching.

Shear Resistance

How much the elastic structure resists shearing, which is a crosswise motion on the material.

These are the diagonal links that are made between points, like a fish net. The links try to keep the structure's shape by resisting deformation.

Damping

Reduces the effect of the elasticity (slows it down). This helps stabilize a simulation when the forces are too strong, and there are not enough Substeps or Elastic Substeps set for the material.

Gravity

A default gravity vector used by the simulator.

This is the required defined gravity force used internally by the simulator, and needs to be separated from the other forces.

Density

Sets the density of the air — see Lagoa Air Wind.

Force

Defines a force value to be applied to the particles. You can connect any of the force compounds into this port, or you can type in XYZ values to create a general force if nothing is plugged in here.

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