ANIMATION using SOFT BODY Simulations!!! | Blender 3D Tutorial

[@husainmadraswala14]

This is the type of content what blender tutorials need to have. The nitty gritty stuff that matters and the hustle that goes into all the little things that just get overlooked.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Glad you like it :)

[@danielbaknielsen7691]

I'm not gonna lie. This is exactly what I need. But I think my brain blew up at the 5 minute mark. This is gonna take a lot of rewatching and five rainforests worth of notes.

[@3DKLUB]

I thought my Playback Speed was still at 1.5x ...

[@jojo-zv2ls]

agree,but why rainforest.

[@Leukick]

Man said 5 rainforests worth of notes 😂😂

[@jabstunt]

he is hurry up or maybe he is the flash

[@redpillblupill]

@@jojo-zv2ls background 'music' 🤣

[@chanruzzi]

So precise, to the point, no dragging around unnecessary info and sharing some specific golden bits..I wish people would start following your standard. Thank you for this one!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed :)

[@Ferodra]

Hands down the best tutorial for this stuff! Though one thing to note at 8:06 : To make baking time less of a problem, you can use a highly decimated lowpoly duplicate of your collider. Soft Body unfortunately is extremely unforgiving when it comes to sim and collision polycount. You can create a collection dedicated to those colliders and set it to be used as a collision collection in the softbody properties. For me, this sped up baking times immensely, as i'm working with quite dense character models which made the baking take several minutes for a few frames

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much for this! This is a really great suggestion and I'll definitely start using this for high poly models :)

[@tendividedbysix4835]

That track to constraint trick for the pendant piece is genius

[@lewisanimation]

Glad you like it! :)

[@DopamineMVWM]

Lord have mercy. This was the exact video I needed; I didn't realise it was going be such a complex process but I'm so unbelievably grateful for this video, as there is absolutely no chance I would have figured this out on my own. Videos like this make me realise how far I still have to go in my Blender journey. Thank you so much!

[@lewisanimation]

Amazing! Really glad the video provided what you were looking for :)

[@theftking]

Don't be fooled by the video's runtime - this is will take you like two hours.

[@CartyCreative]

Possibly the best tutorial I've watched

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! Happy to help :)

[@omaressam4398]

This is by far the best tutorial out there for softbody sims

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@fabersoul]

hands down you have the best 3D tutorials, your voice, cadence, pace is on point. not too fast and not too slow. You have careful consideration of a new leaner. 10/10 mate

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much it really means a lot! I'm really glad you like them :)

[@Shattered3582]

best blender tutorial i have watched. i have played around with the settings, and made multiple chains similar to this to get used to the mechanics and settings. the key is to expect blender to not work the first or second time, but to keep trying out new settings and process to solve the problem.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Glad you found it helpful, and I completely agree it just takes some time to find what settings work :)

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I'm at the point of not expecting Blender to work at all. I've never used such an uncooperative program.

[@oz1352]

You were born to make tutorials. Excellent stuff.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed :)

[@UnderfundedScientist]

in your back settings you can set simulation start to -20 and in a lot of cases it will get your simulation settled to a natural position by time it gets to frame 1 and its being captured in render

[@binyaminbass]

I love how thorough this is but there's no nonsense. You keep up a really good pace.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it :)

[@Baran_Korkmaz]

I've been learning blender for 2 years now and I like making assets that can be used in different projects. This tutorial is very useful for me and easy to follow. Liked and subscribed. Good content.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much, welcome to the channel! Really glad it helps :)

[@kubamatuszczak5619]

That's an absolutely brilliant workflow, thank you for sharing this! 🤟 Seems like the soft body sims just keep on giving. Will definitely go back to this and reference in the future.

[@lewisanimation]

I'm really glad you like it! Thank you so much :)

[@TheCrackingSpark]

NAH this is INSANE omg. Great tut dude, ty

[@rjwh67220]

Finally I know how to make something I’ve been thinking about for weeks: the Flying Spaghetti Monster’s Noodley Appendages! Thanks!

[@DJ_Narcan]

Pastafari! Wuh gwon me breddren

[@sillex0]

My chain is totally distorted after I bind it with softbody. What could be the reason? And ty for the good video..that helps a lot :D

[@kja1217]

as a blender noob this tutorial was incredibly helpful!! I'm so excited that I got my simulation to work and it's all thanks to you. you've earned a sub from me, cheers!

[@lewisanimation]

Thats amazing! Really glad the video helped :) Welcome to the channel!

[@sohailwazir7680]

The best tutorial on the specific animation though it's very fast and difficult to follow but still has great information.

[@lewisanimation]

Glad it was helpful!

[@youarieyellowmissile]

@@lewisanimation sometimes to fast ;D ste to Origin, but how do you du it? i must downloard the video, to se it freame by frame i ges. ;D i mean, you get mor whatshtime, bekaus im must se some parts 1000 time befor i can chatsh the still frame form your fast aktion ;D but yea the way you do it is very good!

[@suzukito]

mate you’ve smashed it you legend

[@lewisanimation]

Glad it helps :)

[@altar7885]

The quality of this tutorial is crazy

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you :)

[@alinerdelav]

6:49 attaching to something 11:13 necklace attachment I want to cry, adding the vertex parent, on an unlooped animation is making it to fall to the infinite...

[@NeilMyatt]

Excellent quality video - well explained and no time-wasting crap. Thank you! Subscribed! ❤

[@d0ha.k]

my brain is not braining anymore xD ..... however u answered to all my questions and wonders that I have been searching for the past few days. Thank you a lot for all the useful information.

[@lewisanimation]

Amazing! Really glad the video helps :)

[@XCOWMEATX]

You're literally the biggest life saver man thank you so much, and the quality of this video is amazing

[@lewisanimation]

No problem! Glad I could help :)

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

So by "literally," you mean you were actually going to die without this info?

[@accba236]

Very Cool and make it really realistic !

[@ador9110]

THE BEST please don't stop making tutorials :)

[@tannerdowns8612]

Damnn learned more about physics in the first 10 minutes than the past 5 videos combined good work!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Glad it helped :)

[@balgrimesart564]

Really good tutorial. soft body simulation isn't for too complex objects themselves

[@pandemonicerebus]

Mahn this is undoubtedly one of the best explained tutorials I've ever seen that too with a very interesting presentation. Great Work bro 🍻

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Really glad you liked it :)

[@MemesGallor]

I'm having some trouble. When I try to bind the chain and the soft body mesh it says "Target has edges more than two polygons"

[@lana.easteregg]

Make sure that you get rid of the faces inside the mesh. When you merge the edges, it means you also are merging two faces together inside of the mesh. Make sure you delete that face!

[@cezanneali]

really well presented and explained!! been looking for the magic of soft body dynamics.

[@wwedeadman100]

this is so bloody helpful im annoyed i hadnt seen it sooner

[@lewisanimation]

Really glad it helps :)

[@philippe9078]

WOooow. This is exactly what i needed but very very condensed. Now I need to unpack it. Big big thank you.

[@philippe9078]

I actually had to slow down the speed to 0.5 so it was easier for me to follow step by step!

[@lewisanimation]

Glad it has helped! :)

[@thomandy]

This is crazy good!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much!! :)

[@oohMhax]

Hi, could you give more precision about the setup for the animation at 12:50? It looks quite simple but when I reproduce it, the moving mesh is deformed with the softbody rectangle.. What's parented/linked to what? Thanks a lot for the tutorial !

[@williammccormick3787]

incredible tutorial, very well communicated

[@DawkinsDog]

Great way to get around animating a chain, doing it the rigid body way is far harder as the links often break. Excellent tutorial!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Yes I did a lot of testing for this with rigid body sims and couldn't get any consistent results, which then led to finding this method!

[@sm1leyworld]

i love you so much you deserve the whole world for this video

[@lewisanimation]

Happy to help! :)

[@muralidharan3563]

This is what I was looking for 🔥

[@lewisanimation]

Awesome! Glad you found it :)

[@jankschmid]

wow, just wow. Thanks for taking the time teaching us how to do this :)

[@lewisanimation]

No problem! Glad it helps :)

[@aaronjohnson4604]

Wow. Awesome! The soft body extension is clutch

[@lewisanimation]

Glad you like it! :)

[@aaronjohnson4604]

Seriously! Lol. I tried and bought gravity rope to try to do the same thing but it’s glitchy. This is the only video out there that explains this which I’m sure is what drove you to make this. Thank you so much. I’d love to share my animation with once it’s done. 🫵👍

[@lewisanimation]

@@aaronjohnson4604 I think it's great it can be used for so many different purposes! I'm really glad it helped and if you upload any work to YT just drop a comment here and I'd love to take a look! :)

[@ronioclarenzo6137]

Excellent tutorial! Thanks a lot and keep them coming!!!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you!

[@johnnykorat5976]

This is a very nice tutorial. It covers everything this technique can do. Nice editing as well.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Really appreciate the comment :)

[@marcusancell4416]

Wow - a must watch. Thank you.

[@lewisanimation]

Really glad you enjoyed! :)

[@danialsoozani]

this waassss amazing and i was looking for a thing like this before and now i found it! thanks a lot

[@lewisanimation]

No problem! Really glad it was helpful :)

[@Squinto]

This channel is fantastic - such quality! Keep up the great work.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it :)

[@amruzaky4939]

Bruv, I don't even realize you are the guy who showed me the 🔥 tuts for rigging.

[@lewisanimation]

Happy to help! :)

[@camelmotion]

Super well explained.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! :)

[@Robinbobin]

Amazing tutorial! Saves my day

[@lewisanimation]

Glad it helped!

[@iam.2022]

Amazing work, thank you for your tutorials!!!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@RandomNoise]

Amazing tutorial. you are my hero. subbed

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Welcome to the channel :)

[@KomishunArt]

underrated tutorial. keep it up

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much!

[@stormfist9927]

not my pc fighting for its life trying to achieve this using hundreds of loops each separated into its own object and using rigid body instead......... thank you for this video for real it's saving my life dfgfdggdf

[@lewisanimation]

Don't worry I went through that exact same struggle which lead to finding this method! :)

[@Mrakeee]

great tutorial but i do think showing the hotkeys/shortcuts you’re using on screen (like shift + s) would help improve these tuts a bit

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you for the feedback! I'll try and sort it for my next tutorial

[@kenthouston467]

Great tutorial - very useful information. I feel like I just drank from a firehose ... but I like it :) Thanks for putting this together!

[@lewisanimation]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@gabrielgherman87]

Just PERFECT!!!!!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@tshetenpool7200]

Nice bro make more tutorial like this explained every detail that's great

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! Definitely more tutorials on the way :)

[@reaxtagu]

one thing i noticed is that after you apply "surface deform" modifier to the original necklace, some parts of the necklace got distorted. any tips on fixing that issue?

[@ted328]

Thanks so much for this mate!

[@lewisanimation]

No problem! :D

[@HanifZainFahmi]

Easy to follow, thanks bro.

[@lewisanimation]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@boriskourt]

This was incredibly useful! Thanks for another great resource : )

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! Really glad it helps :)

[@3DShihab]

Awesome tutorial. Nice editing as well

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you I really appreciate it! :)

[@vedaverse]

Brilliant. Subscribed.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Welcome to the channel :)

[@thsuperelite]

Thank you ! I first thought this was gonna be a april fool video considering the date closer to april 1st, so I was a bit hesitant watching so i don't waste time but this is really useful and informative video... ^_^

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :) Really glad you found it useful!

[@currenluna]

Excellent tutorial. Such a clever technique.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! Really glad you think so :)

[@7sieben741]

This is a really nice video. Thanks a lot my G

[@lewisanimation]

No problem! Glad you liked it :)

[@7sieben741]

@@lewisanimation I dont see my chain in the renders ? Do you got an solution

[@da_drood-digitalart]

Simply awesome! I could just subscribe to your channel after such great tutorial I can't wait to put into practice for my projects! Thanks for sharing it!

[@denniswu8353]

Really great! Thanks for this fantastic video.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! Glad it helps :)

[@AceCmbatguy25]

As a beginner 50% playback speed is great lol 😂 Thanks for the tut I'm enjoying it!

[@aymenchou]

this so cool thanks lewis

[@bosmer3836]

Great tutorial, many thanks!

[@lewisanimation]

No problem! Glad you enjoyed :)

[@adriangabrielgramada1016]

Incredible :) Thank-you and thank-you BLENDER :)

[@juliathun6014]

You are AMAZING! thank you for this tutorial, helped me a lot!

[@lewisanimation]

No problem! Really glad it helps :)

[@Robert_Meier]

This is freaking amazing! Thank you for sharing this knowledge 🙏

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate the comment :)

[@muralidharan3563]

Just visited your channel 🤩 Your works are amazing🔥 Keep growing 😎

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Really glad you like it :)

[@yetirenders]

Any recommendations on how to export animated objects using the surface deform? I feel like shape keys might be the way to go but I can't seem to get them to work. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

[@yetirenders]

I'm dumb. Turns out I was able to export it through an alembic file

[@Originallyright]

​@@yetirenders how did you export as alembic

[@yetirenders]

Click on File> Export> Alembic. I selected face sets under object options to fix some shading issues in unreal engine but you might not need to depending on what program you're importing to@@Originallyright

[@Originallyright]

@@yetirenders How can I export the entire chain model with the pendant as a single mesh with animation? Currently, I can only export the soft body part.

[@yetirenders]

@@Originallyright I couldn't figure out how to export them them together and ended up just having to do them individually. Make sure you're exporting the chain itself and not the soft body

[@ArthurBaum]

Thanks so much for this tutorial. Very in depth but still quite crisp. I do have one question though: The attached cube / pendant is deforming and stretching while being simulated. Any idea what that could be? I even deleted the MASS weight vertex group but that's not it.

[@hashanfernando]

Awesome! I managed to save my time with this. 🙏🙏

[@lewisanimation]

Amazing! Really glad it helped :)

[@jjBroProd]

Great tutorial! Thank you for sharing this

[@lewisanimation]

You are very welcome! I appreciate the comment :)

[@beeverone4740]

Thanks for sharing thissss!!

[@lewisanimation]

No problem!

[@franziskagruner1351]

maybe somebody struggled with the same problem, that the connected object just falls down with the gravity and doesn't seem to be connected to the softbody. Turning the type of the rigit body in the physics settings of the connected object to *passive* helps.

[@rude_mantras]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial 🙏 I have an issue: in the area where an empty object is connected to the mesh, during simulation, the geometry of the chain gets distorted. Is there a way to solve this problem?

[@Atimo133]

Very well done Tutoriual!!!!!!

[@FootyToonz]

MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN Thaaaaaank u soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much ,this is the only content regarding that stuff

[@masterbae3D]

this is very helpful, thank you mate

[@lewisanimation]

Glad it was helpful!

[@taviux511]

THIS IS VERY NICE THANX MATE!

[@lewisanimation]

No problem! :)

[@mrmolchman]

So freaking helpful my bro! Will have a very basic version of this in my next upload! But THANKYOU!

[@fanielruprech97]

The only channel where I have to decrease the video speed instead of increasing it *_*

[@PaulShayon]

Great work, mate!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@PaulShayon]

@@lewisanimation thank YOU! Waiting for a new tutorials :)

[@Yvedjat-w]

THANKS GOD, YOU EXIST, YOU ARE LIFE SAVOR

[@calvinromeyn]

This is amazing! Is there any way to bake out the high poly mech as an .abc cache so it can be rendered in other programs like Unreal? I've found that there doesn't seem to be a way to bake the surface deformer modifier like you could if the soft body sim was applied directly to the object. The low poly one doesn't have this issue, but the surface deformer seems to be ignored by the alembic cache out process. Anyone struggling with this too?

[@lewisanimation]

I tested it selecting just the high poly mesh with the surface deform still on and exporting just that object as an .abc, and I was able to import it back into Blender and it worked. Maybe test if it's exported properly by importing back into Blender first? Could the problem be in Unreal?

[@calvinromeyn]

@@lewisanimation I tried that and you are right. Seems to be a UE problem :( I'll report back here if I ever solve it, in case it helps someone else. Thanks again Lewis!

[@lewisanimation]

@@calvinromeyn No problem :) I hope you find the solution you're looking for!

[@NicolasJBastida]

I love you dude!!! Thanks!!!!!

[@lewisanimation]

Happy to help!

[@mohamadmohabbati2639]

hooof so impressed make more tutorial bro

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! More on the way :)

[@noiz3678]

this is nice. ill be back a few times.

[@lewisanimation]

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed :)

[@JaviBLENDer]

Best tutorial i've see it.Thank you very much, this guide is pure gold, congratulations! I have a question: instead of the pendant, I attached a buoy, but I need this buoy to have a collision. When I add said physics the buoy and rope shake ridiculously uncontrollably. I take out the collisions and everything goes well but if these, the buoy goes through a wall and it doesn't look good. How do you think I can fix that problem?

[@Mohasin112]

After watching the video, I was hungover for five minutes, everything went haywire.

[@chicao.do.blender]

best tut, thank you