Making the character wear the dress

Learning Resources > Tutorials > Getting Started with Maya > nCloth > Lesson 3: Creating nCloth Clothing >

If you playback the animation, the dress will fall through the body of the character. To make the character wear the dress, you need to make her a passive object.

To make the character wear the dress

Select the model of the character.
Select nMesh > Create Passive Collider > .
The Make Collide Options window appears.
Select Edit > Reset Settings.
Click Make Collide.
Playback the nCloth simulation.
The dress now stays on character’s body.