Blender Development

New Elasticity Features in Sculpt Mode

Mario Hawat ·

Pablo Dobarro, Sculpt mode developer and the first programmer to break the feature-sound barrier, has unveiled two new features stemming from his elasticity implementation.

Elastic Transform

Elastic transform is a tool mode that uses physically-based elasticity in combination with cursor radios to deform the mesh with the transform gizmo. For this implementation to work, Pablo modified the transform tool to work from the delta of the previous position rather than that of the initial position.

https://twitter.com/pablodp606/status/1327036031884013569

This modification allows the cloth deformation target to be enabled for the transform tool, with plasticity collisions, as he demonstrates below.

Elastic Deformation Mode in Snake Hook Brush

The snake hook brush was implemented a couple of months ago by Pablo as a tool to make working with cloth manipulation more consistent and controllable. It now gains in functionality with the addition of deformation types, including the elastic mode, making it a powerful tool for stylized sketching, as demonstrated below.

https://twitter.com/pablodp606/status/1327391506613870593

Author Mario Hawat
Mario Hawat is a Lebanese 3D artist, writer, and musician currently based in Paris. He is a generalist with a special focus on environments, procedural and generative artworks. Open to freelance work.
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