Author: Khieu Van Bang

Email: tribang.nd@gmail.com

Maya Dynamics Basics

Lab 1: Introduces Maya Dynamics

CONTENTS
Dynamics overview:
What we can do with Maya Dynamics ?
Architecture and Features.

What will we learn in this topic ?

Getting started with Particle Tool:

Started creating Particle with Particle Tool.

Understanding Particle objects: creating, display attributes, setting render,

render view, ...

Introduces Maya Dynamics

1) DYNAMICS OVERVIEW

Introduces Maya Dynamics

1) DYNAMICS OVERVIEW

1.1) What we can do with Maya Dynamics ?

1.2) Architecture and Features.
1.3) What will we learn in this topic ?

Dynamics overview
What is Dynamic ?
Is a branch of physics that describes how objects move. Dynamic animation
uses rules of physics to simulate natural forces. You specify the actions you
want the object to take, then let the software figure out how to animate the
object.
Dynamic animation lets you create realistic motion thats hard to achieve with
traditional keyframe animation. For instance, you can make effects such as
tumbling dice, waving flags, and exploding fireworks.

Dynamics overview
1.1) What we can do with Maya Dynamics ?

Create, color, and animate particles.

Soft bodies(bends, deforms)

Emitters: steam, fire, rain,

Gravity and other force fields

Dynamics overview
1.1) What we can do with Maya Dynamics ?

Particle collisions(split, emit new

particles, or disappear)

Springs: a deformable spring

Goals(make particles or soft bodies )

Rigid bodies (collisions between polygons or

NURBS)

Dynamics overview
1.1) What we can do with Maya Dynamics ?

Rigid body constraints ( restrict

the motion of rigid bodies)

Animating

Effects (smoke, fire, )

Particle caching (Store dynamic

simulations either to disk )

Dynamics overview
1.1) What we can do with Maya Dynamics ?

Relationship editor

Instance(advanced features )

Render (software or hardware)

Introduces Maya Dynamics

1) DYNAMICS OVERVIEW
1.1) What we can do with Maya Dynamics ?

1.2) Architecture and Features.

1.3) What will we learn in this topic ?

Dynamics overview
1.2.1) Maya Architecture

Nodes

Attributes

Connections

Transforms & Shapes

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1.2.2) Dynamic Architecture

Particles.
Fields.
Emitters.
Collision Models.
Particle Collision Events.
Controllers.
Connectables and Connections.
Soft Bodies.
Springs.
Rigid Bodies.

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1.2.2) Dynamic Architecture
1.2.2.1) Particles
Ex: A simple virtual experiments.

Previous experiments

After experiments

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1.2.2) Dynamic Architecture
1.2.2.2) Fields
You can simulate the motion of natural forces with dynamic fields.

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1.2.2) Dynamic Architecture
1.2.2.3) Emitters
Ex: water, fire, smoke, fireworks, ...

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1.2.2) Dynamic Architecture
1.2.2.4) Collision Models
o Elasticity.
o Friction.
o Collision trace depth.

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1.2.2) Dynamic Architecture
1.2.2.5) Particle Collision Events.
In the event that a particle collides: emit, split, die.

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1.2.2) Dynamic Architecture
1.2.2.6) Controllers.

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1.2.2) Dynamic Architecture
1.2.2.7) Connectables and Connections.

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1.2.2) Dynamic Architecture
1.2.2.8) Soft Bodies.

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1.2.2) Dynamic Architecture
1.2.2.9) Rigid Bodies.

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1.2.2) Dynamic Architecture
1.2.2.10) Springs.

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1.2.3) Rendering
o Render Types.
o Hardware Rendering in OpenGL.

o Software Rendering.

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1.2.3) Rendering
o Render Types:

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1.2.3) Rendering
o Software rendering
Volumetric rendering.
Blobby surface render type uses any shader.
Tube and Cloud render types use specific particle cloud shader.
Future: hair shader.

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1.2.4) Expressions
o Mel Language:
o Attribute Expressions
o Particle Expressions.

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1.2.5) Integrated Dynamics
o Dynamics and transforms.
o Rigid Bodies active and passive.
o Soft Body, curves, and IK chain.
o Soft Body and deformers.
o Soft Body, Rigid Body, and goals.
o Particle collision events ...

Introduces Maya Dynamics

1) DYNAMICS OVERVIEW
1.1) What we can do with Maya Dynamics ?
1.2) Architecture and Features.

1.3) What will we learn in this topic ?

Dynamics overview
1.3) What will we learn in this topic ?
SESSION 01 Introduces Maya Dynamics

SESSION 02 Animation Particle Basics

SESSION 03 Emitters
SESSION 04 Field & Collision Effect
SESSION 05 MEL and Expression

SESSION 06 Particle Materials

SESSION 07 Object Desintegration
SESSION 08 Particle Instanter
SESSION 09 Particle Goal

SESSION 10 Advanced Goal & Instanter

SESSION 11 Fluid Effect Basics

Introduces Maya Dynamics

2) GETTING STARTED WITH PARTICLE TOOL

Getting started with Particle

Tool
2.1) Turn the toolbar Particle Tool
What is particle system?
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Particle Tool is used to start in creating particles in Dynamics.

It allows us to perform:
o Create Particles.
o Edit Particles.
o Control Particles.
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Tool
2.2) Turn the toolbar Particle Tool
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Particle Name: particle name.

Conserve: Influences the motion of particles velocity and

acceleration attributes are controlled by dynamic effects.
Number of Particles: number of particles you want to create
per mouse click.
Maximum Radius: distribute particles randomly in a
spherical region where you click.
Sketch Particles: drag the mouse to sketch a continuous
stream of particles.
Sketch Interval: pixel spacing between particles.
Create Particle Grid: Creates a particle grid.
Particle Spacing: spacing in the grid.
Placement: volume with your cursor, or with text fields.
Minimum Corner: lower left corner of the 3D particle grid.
Maximum Corner: upper right corner of the 3D particle grid.

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2.4) Name and Type Particles
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2.5) Add Material

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2.6) Management with Outline
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2.8) Play and Render View

Thanks!