Creating Soft Body Dynamic Strings in Cinema 4D

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create dynamic springs using an often overlooked feature inside of Soft Body Dynamics!

Topics covered include:

• Introduction to the Soft Body Dynamics ‘Made of Clones’ option
• Setting up an Emitter to Emit Soft Body Dynamic Clones
• How to use a Tracer Object to create spline dynamic type simulations
• Tips for adjusting Soft Body Dynamic settings for different string viscosity
• Exploring the Dynamics ‘Expert’ tab to create more accurate sims
• Creating Sweep Objects to generate string geometry

Be sure to check out this awesome Nike Air Max 2017 piece done using Houdini that inspired me to try to figure out how to create the dynamic strings in Cinema 4D!

If you have any questions about Creating Soft Body Dynamic Strings in Cinema 4D, be sure to post it in the comments section! If you create anything using this technique, be sure to share it with me on Twitter or in the Comments! Thanks for watching!

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10 Comments

David Rickards February 22, 2017 at 4:07 am

amazing tut! always putting out great videos
EJ Hassenfratz February 23, 2017 at 5:28 pm

Thanks David! Glad you liked it!
Reza February 24, 2017 at 2:31 am

Great tutorial. I have a question. Is there a way to melt down and dissolve the final spaghetti together. I mean like an ice cream string which gradually is going to dissolve on top of each other when they hit the bottom part of the string. Thanks
simon February 24, 2017 at 9:18 pm

thanks EJ awesome tutorials, you can also make this spaghetti from a linear clone and save all the emitter process
Josef March 6, 2017 at 11:14 pm

Thanks for all the great tutorials. Any idea how to really stick this to an object?
Federico March 8, 2017 at 10:02 am

Hey EJ, I really loved this tutorial! As always You blow my mind with simple, but so effective techniques that I never thought about! Just a question though: Is there a way to stick a toothpaste texture to the sweep? I’d like to have a cool gradient with typical toothpaste colors that sticks to the cylindrical shape during the animation, but since everything in the project is dynamic, I don’t know how to set the proper UV in order to properly apply the texture. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for Your kindness and brilliant projects!

Cheers from Italy :)
Ira March 10, 2017 at 4:47 pm

awesome tutorials
EJ Hassenfratz March 13, 2017 at 5:27 pm

Thanks, Ira! Glad youre enjoying them!
Marc March 17, 2017 at 3:23 pm

Thank you for these fantastic tutorials!
EJ Hassenfratz March 21, 2017 at 5:30 pm

Thanks for watching, Marc!