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Stacking Boxes

Stacking Boxes

2005-02-03       - By Juan Brockhaus

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probably rigid body dynamics?

juan


-- --Original Message-- --
From: Rick Walia [mailto:rickw3d@(protected)]
Sent: 03 February 2005 14:11
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: Re: Stacking Boxes


On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:57:05 -0800, Peter Hartwig <Peter@(protected)> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I need to stack probably around 1500 different boxes, shaped somewhat
> like an amphitheatre.... Does anyone have any clue if there's some
> clever way of doing that? I'd love to avoid having to do it manually ;o)

How about using particles? I think there's a setting on the particle
PPG that will prevent particles/instances from intersecting. I don't
have XSI in front of me now but I think it's called avoidance or
something like that.

Hope this helps,

/R
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