Dynamics for Your Animations
CINEMA 4D Studio comes with an advanced Dynamics system.
Based on the production-proven Bullet library and enhanced with many unique tools, CINEMA 4D's rigid and soft body simulation are world-class.
Rigid Body Dynamics
Rigid bodies are objects that fall, collide, bounce - in short, they interact with forces and with each other. They interact with forces of simulated natural effects as well as with each other. Physical parameters such as mass, velocity and gravity can be used to easily add dynamic behavior to thousands of objects with millions of polygons.
SoftBody Dynamics
CINEMA 4D Studio's soft bodies are much more than just wobbly shapes - they can, for example, also be inflated. The soft bodies' parameters are so variable that they can be used to simulate almost any type of material.
Addtional Tools
CINEMA 4D Studio's Dynamics contain much more than just rigid and soft bodies. You can use connectors like hinges, cardans and springs to let objects interact. Angular or linear motors can move your objects without the need of setting keyframes. Torque and speed can be set individually, of course.
Cloth Simulation
CINEMA 4D Studio offers an amazingly powerful cloth solution. Cloth can have many types of characteristics - stiffness, flexion, friction, etc. Cloth can stretch or break, just like any real fabric would do, whether it's wool or satin, cotton or silk. Cloth can even collide with elements in your scene as well as with itself.
Thanks to CINEMA 4D Studio's unique algorithms, most simulations can even be viewed in realtime in the Editor View.
The Thinking Particles System
Thinking Particles is an event-based advanced particle system that comes in handy when standard particle effects are just not enough. It uses CINEMA 4D's XPresso interface to provide complete control over individual particles and particle streams. Thinking Particles can interact with one another and with their environment. Objects can be used as emitters and can trigger collision events that deflect particles or spawn new streams. Thinking Particles is an essential tool for artists who push the special effects envelope. If you demand the ultimate discipline of your particles you will appreciate the obedience and intelligence of Thinking Particles.
Emit particles from the points, edges or surface normals of any object with surface emission. Volume emission will emit particles within an object's volume. Thinking Particles also offers a collision detection, which can be used for further effects. It offers amazing possibilities for creating truly unique particle effects.