Looking forward to that big bang! :D



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Nice use of that cable/rope...



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Thanks guys, we'll see what happens :)

That's a lovely scene.
I'd be happy to watch the outcome :)

PS: so i am not the only one with an ever growing number of unfinished projects :satisfied:

Thanks @rosuckmedia

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Hallo 3dtester,
Looks Good,:)
Hallo 4u2ges
I'm looking forward to your project:)
Best regards rosuckmedia

Thanks and looking forward for your workout :)

Wow! This is stellar work. Can’t wait to start playing with this.:)

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That looks much better :) Be waiting for the full animation.

Meantime, I'll be doing my own retro short with gas station pump (maybe I'll just blow it up - I mean if there is a gas station, there has to be a big bang :w00t:)
Hopefully, I will pull it through, cause I did abandon a lot of projects due to lack of time and the will to finish :Whistling:


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Thanks for your support guys.
I use the sphere lock, plus 2 small capsule locks.

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But now i found one big issue, which i can change easily.
Since the tube is pretty long, i had previously rotated it slightly forward.
This could be the main 'physical law' break (besides that the nozzle raises from below ground ;))
Now the tube is at 90 degrees, which it should have always been.

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You are pretty much close.
I wish I could see the locks location. Looks like you have another one in the middle somewhere.
But regardless, there is only one reason for snapping out - forcing/moving cable against law of physics.

Take a look at 0:32. The tube is about to fold because it has nowhere to go.

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The main line (after the fold point and up) has to be moved outward a bit to release tension and pressure (that is what would have happened in real life).
Again, I am not sure where the locks are, their position, angle and shape. And also camera angle does not allow to see whole picture.

There are other ways to operate/tweak cable/tube - external rigid objects animated on the fly to push it externally one way or another.

You can sure use weight map to permanently lock one end. And it might or might not help. Since the tension is still there, it might just force the tube to fold.

Bottom line - while *driving* the tube, you should watch for tensions and release it where necessary. Tube has to be *relaxed* and natural during whole animation.