Complex UV Layout in Maya
Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character
# 1 16-05-2008 , 04:44 AM
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Problem with dynamic chain

Hey guys,

Ive modelled a pendant on a chain that I want to swing around.

There are about 15 links in the chain, none of them are touching. I added a gravity field to all of them except the top one, and added a nail constraint to the top one. I then grouped it all together, moved the pivot to the top and rotated it to the side, so when i play it swings down and gradually comes to a stop.

My issue is, as it swings, at about the seventh link from the top, it breaks off and the rest of the chain just falls down.

any ideas how I can stop this happening?

# 2 16-05-2008 , 05:42 AM
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Are you getting any interpenitration errors when you run it?


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# 3 16-05-2008 , 05:44 AM
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negative, no errors

# 4 16-05-2008 , 09:21 AM
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Unless someone gets to it before I get a chance to, I will tackle your problem this evening when I get home from work, and give you some helpuser added image


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# 5 18-05-2008 , 07:40 AM
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Do you have collisions turned on for all of your links?

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