Insert Mass?

[GAngus]

Hmm..

I don't recall seeing this before.

In keyboards commands we have the letter "Y" which inserts a CP,

but now there is a "Shift Y" and it says for "Insert mass" !

What is this ?

I tried using it but it seems to do nothing ???

Anybody ?

[robcat2075]

I think that is a vestigial command from the old (now obsolete) cloth wizard. I'm not sure how that worked or what it did.

 

If you could find some documentation on the old cloth wizard (not Simcloth) it may give enough hints to experiment with it.

[Rodney]

There was a recent change in v18 that altered (or should I say implemented) the Shift Y for adding masses to Spring Systems*.

 

According to Steffen:

 

- 6442: Issue: Cannot subdivide splines in Chor mode. v18 Change: It's now possible to subdivide a spline with the Shortcut "Y" when in a Chor or Action. Resulting in important change for Springsystems adding a mass has now the keyboard shortcut "Shift + Y"

 

 

*There are 137 references to 'mass' in the Tech Ref.

Here is a reference from the 'Spring Systems' link above:

 

 

Masses

This container includes all of the masses used in this spring system. The Mass object is like a particle. It is a child of a spring system. Springs can be attached to masses to control their behavior. Masses are subject to physical forces like gravity and wind. Masses can be constrained to Control Points, and Control Points can be constrained to Masses.