'a technique I came across somewhere' .... oh! , sounds a bit like this http://sites.google.com/site/tekanoice/tutorials/ice-flowers-part-i
;) heres the scene file from that tutorial http://sites.google.com/site/tekanoice/tutorials/ice-flowers-part-ii/strands_deforming_flowers_tutorial_send_v01.zip?revision=1 best regards, Rob On 16 May 2012 13:25, Sandy Sutherland <sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za>wrote: > I can send you a scene I developed based on a technique I came across > somewhere to do awesome simulated strands, by creating particle systems to > loft the strands between and doing the sim on the particles - this allow > you to set orientation on the particles and then the strands - I was using > it to do grass and bushes being flattened by a vehicle and I had the > bushes/grass randomly oriented as I was rendering a field using strand > deforming. > > S. > > >
