DForce question

Cricket

Is there a users guide to DForce anywhere. If I attempt to use any DForce item in anything other than a very simple standing pose the object explodes. There is nothing in the scene but a character and clothes, and the clohes still explode. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

L'Adair

There are several forum threads that may be helpful. The best of these would be from @RGcincy:

• How to Use dForce: Creating a Blanket, Draping Clothes on Furniture, and Much More

Start at the beginning, as the further along it goes, the more complex things get.

My thread on the subject is more about using non-dForce items with dForce:

• dForce, dWeight and dWardrobe

And then there's the official discussion here in The Commons

• Daz 3D Introduces dForce Physics Engine

And the Start Here thread over in the Software-Daz Studio Discussion:

• dForce - Start Here

Aave Nainen

More often than not when first starting with dForce the problem arises if you attempt to do a complex pose without using the timeline animation. Using the timeline allows you to go to say frame 25 and set your final pose there. Then you can scrub along the timeline from zero pose at frame 1 and watch for things like figure legs clipping through each other  instead of going around. Adjust the figure pose along the timeline until there isn't any more clipping ( can look like really weird pose but that doesn't matter) and then run your sim. For instance, if in final pose right leg crosses over left I'll go through the timeline and where clipping threatens I'll crank the right leg forward......way forward and then scrub to final pose to see if the leg will then move to final position without clipping into left leg.

Hope that helps!  dForce is a ton of fun once you get the hang of using the timeline!