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

Learn multiple uses for the Soft Body physics simulation in this Blender 3D Tutorial!
Create a dynamic chain necklace and pendant rig, while also showing how you can apply it to create anything from animated swinging signs, moving cables, rope or chains, and how to even use soft body physics to add motion really quickly to solid objects like lamps!
This tutorial uses free CGI VFX software Blender so anyone can try!
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro - What YOU can Learn!
0:44 - Stage 1 - Create Your Mesh
1:36 - Stage 2 - Soft Body Mesh
2:49 - Stage 3 - Adding Shape
6:07 - Stage 4 - Simulation
8:40 - Stage 5 - Connecting the Mesh
9:04 - Stage 6 - Animation
10:47 - Stage 7 - Overlapping Action
14:00 - Thank You for Watching!

[@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' 🤣

[@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 :)

[@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 :)

[@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 :)

[@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 :)

[@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 :)

[@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 :)

[@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

[@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 :)

[@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 :)

[@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!

[@TheCrackingSpark]

NAH this is INSANE omg. Great tut dude, ty

[@cezanneali]

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

[@omaressam4398]

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

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@Wiimonkey2]

This may be one of the best tutorials I’ve seen in a long time. It’s snappy, informative, covers a wide range of scenarios, provides visual examples of concepts, and much more. Seriously, great job. :D

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it, glad it was helpful :)

[@hjvhjfv6320]

FANTASTISCH!

[@Squinto]

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

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it :)

[@accba236]

Very Cool and make it really realistic !

[@GArts89]

Mindblowing!!! Till the last second the structure and the pace of this tutorial were right to the point. Hope to see more topics covered in the future.. After watching this the first thing i did was to smash the subscribe button. 😉

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much welcome to the channel! Really glad you enjoyed, I've got a new tutorial coming out next week :)

[@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!

[@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 :)

[@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 :)

[@CartyCreative]

Possibly the best tutorial I've watched

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! Happy to help :)

[@gabrielgherman87]

Just PERFECT!!!!!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@iam.2022]

Amazing work, thank you for your tutorials!!!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@Robert_Meier]

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

[@lewisanimation]

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

[@ronioclarenzo6137]

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

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you!

[@marcusancell4416]

Wow - a must watch. Thank you.

[@lewisanimation]

Really glad you enjoyed! :)

[@adriangabrielgramada1016]

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

[@ador9110]

THE BEST please don't stop making tutorials :)

[@rjwh67220]

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

[@juliathun6014]

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

[@lewisanimation]

No problem! Really glad it helps :)

[@tendividedbysix4835]

That track to constraint trick for the pendant piece is genius

[@lewisanimation]

Glad you like it! :)

[@Atimo133]

Very well done Tutoriual!!!!!!

[@balgrimesart564]

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

[@mrmolchman]

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

[@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 :)

[@boriskourt]

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

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! 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! :)

[@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 :)

[@denniswu8353]

Really great! Thanks for this fantastic video.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! Glad it helps :)

[@samfellner]

extremely helpful thx!!!

[@suzukito]

mate you’ve smashed it you legend

[@lewisanimation]

Glad it helps :)

[@altar7885]

The quality of this tutorial is crazy

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you :)

[@Robinbobin]

Amazing tutorial! Saves my day

[@lewisanimation]

Glad it helped!

[@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 :)

[@thomandy]

This is crazy good!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much!! :)

[@bosmer3836]

Great tutorial, many thanks!

[@lewisanimation]

No problem! Glad you enjoyed :)

[@currenluna]

Excellent tutorial. Such a clever technique.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! Really glad you think so :)

[@farhanaj9510]

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

[@lewisanimation]

Happy to help! :)

[@muralidharan3563]

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

[@lewisanimation]

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

[@jjBroProd]

Great tutorial! Thank you for sharing this

[@lewisanimation]

You are very welcome! I appreciate the comment :)

[@3DShihab]

Awesome tutorial. Nice editing as well

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you I really appreciate it! :)

[@NicolasJBastida]

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

[@lewisanimation]

Happy to help!

[@beeverone4740]

Thanks for sharing thissss!!

[@lewisanimation]

No problem!

[@hashanfernando]

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

[@lewisanimation]

Amazing! Really glad it helped :)

[@RandomNoise]

Amazing tutorial. you are my hero. subbed

[@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!

[@AceCmbatguy25]

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

[@camelmotion2685]

Super well explained.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! :)

[@HanifZainFahmi]

Easy to follow, thanks bro.

[@lewisanimation]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@어름]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!👍👍

[@lewisanimation]

You're very welcome! :)

[@vedaverse]

Brilliant. Subscribed.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Welcome to the channel :)

[@ted328]

Thanks so much for this mate!

[@lewisanimation]

No problem! :D

[@oz1352]

You were born to make tutorials. Excellent stuff.

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed :)

[@KomishunArt]

underrated tutorial. keep it up

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you very much!

[@traceurAlex]

wow nice

[@g-git]

THANKS A LOT

[@lewisanimation]

No problem!

[@wwedeadman100]

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

[@lewisanimation]

Really glad it helps :)

[@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 :)

[@tshetenpool7200]

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

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! Definitely more tutorials on the way :)

[@masterbae3D]

this is very helpful, thank you mate

[@lewisanimation]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MaitrayaRai]

Subscribed.. it was a wonderful tutorial.. thank you 🙂

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed :)

[@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! :)

[@taviux511]

THIS IS VERY NICE THANX MATE!

[@lewisanimation]

No problem! :)

[@USBEN.]

Dope stuff

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! :)

[@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!

[@maayaa77]

Amazing

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you! :)

[@hagushinka]

i love u ur the best

[@lewisanimation]

Glad I could help! :)

[@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! :)

[@PaulShayon]

Great work, mate!

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@PaulShayon]

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

[@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

[@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...

[@amruzaky4939]

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

[@lewisanimation]

Happy to help! :)

[@noiz3678]

this is nice. ill be back a few times.

[@lewisanimation]

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed :)

[@mohamadmohabbati2639]

hooof so impressed make more tutorial bro

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! More on the way :)

[@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! :)

[@tarakatanchi8490]

Thanks for the amazing video, do you have the long version for beginners?

[@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

[@byondent]

Really great and thorough tutorial Thanks for the info this is exactly what i was looking for. Just one issue I'm running into. When I press play or bake, my soft body necklace falls right through the object. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated

[@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.

[@sunnysarthaven]

Thank you for your tutorial--it's been so long since I used soft bodies, so I'm glad you so were so thorough. Quick question, though. I have a soft body and it's just up and down but parented to an empty at the bottom. It follows the empty but won't pick off the ground, no matter the setting. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

[@kumarNiranjan461]

I am your new subscriber

[@particleragdolls]

THIS IS COOL AS F***

[@lewisanimation]

Thank you so much! :)

[@fanielruprech97]

The only channel where I have to decrease the video speed instead of increasing 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!

[@mr.g7203]

Thank you for the great tutorial! I got a question though. How to bake pendant action so that it could be exported as Alembic? No problem with the chain exporting out after baking.