When you are me however, you think… how can I break this and use it for something it’s not intended for? What random thing will happen if I just apply the techniques to a non-cloth like object.

How the flexibility and fluidity of it’s movement, and the decay speed of it’s movement is set to is what really determines the type of “cloth” we perceive it as. So the concept of cloth simulation can be used to create a range of non cloth materials. Mike wright – purple blikss – Foil texture Michael Coghlan – Expensive Wreck They will mostly maintain their newly destroyed shape to a degree. The biggest differences though with some of these materials though is that they don’t flow or unravel themselves once the initial forces have subsided.

If you’ve ever seen crinkled aluminum foil it can look pretty close to a bed sheet sometimes with sharper creases. Aluminum foil, metal car exteriors, and some plastics can move very cloth like when placed under various forms of force. Taking the idea further, there are stiffer materials in life that have cloth like notions.

Cinema 4d cloth simulation