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The first step in creating an animation using MoDynamics is to make any given object a Child object of a Cloner
object. To get an impression of how easily and quickly MoDynamics can be used to affect objects, open the le
QS_eggloop_nal.c4d from the Quickstart Tutorial folder (located on your demo DVD, goodies DVD or online
at www.maxon.net for download).
The animation used for this tutorial demonstrates clearly how precisely the Dynamics calculations work. Each
time the animation is played, each individual egg will have the exact same motion and collide with the same
objects in exactly the same manner. This is very useful when placing cameras, for example, because the
animation will always remain the same. You can, however, still modify settings to modify the animation, if
desired. For this tutorial we will keep the settings as they are so we can better introduce you to the basic
workings of MoDynamics.
Open the file QS_eggloop_start.c4d. This scene is similar to the previous one but is somewhat simplified. You
will be surprised at how easily it is to get the ball (or in our case egg) rolling with MoDynamics. Select the egg
object in the Object Manager and, while pressing the ALT-key, call up the Cloner object from the MoGraph
menu (main menu). By simultaneously pressing the ALT-key our object will automatically be made a Child
object of the Cloner object. We now have to modify some settings for the Cloner object.
Select the Cloner object in the Object Manager and set Mode from Linear to Radial in the Attribute Manager.
This will arrange the objects in a circular manner. However, the orientation must still be modied. To do so,
set Plane from XY to XZ. Count and Radius are set to 5 and 50 meters, respectively. For our scene, however,
we need to change these values to 12 and 1000.
We‘ve made a few modications to our scene but it‘s still not nished. But we are only two clicks away from
doing so! Right-click on the Cloner object and the bowl object, respectively, and assign each a Rigid Body tag
(Simulation Tags / Rigid Body).
Note: The workflow in CINEMA 4D Studio differs slightly from that of CINEMA 4D Broadcast. This is in part
due to the fact that the MoGraph Dynamics Body tag in CINEMA 4D Broadcast has less functionality than in
CINEMA 4D Studio. The CINEMA 4D Studio Dynamics settings are much more comprehensive and as a result
have different default settings.
If you own CINEMA 4D Broadcast you can play the animation directly; owners of CINEMA 4D Studio will be able
to do so after just a few clicks.