simcloth to make parachute?

[Morne]

Hi All

I need to animate a parachute being deployed from cargo dropped from a plane. Can I achieve this with simcloth or would you recommend something else?

Regards,
Morne (DVP3D)

[stevesideas]

I think you may be able to do this with reactor. Cloth for the parachute...splines for the cables (not sure if id use the rope modifier) and a block at the bottom for the main mass. I think then you can add air resistance to the cloth...

Or just keyframe it...it depends how realistic you want it.

[Morne]

Hmm sounds good, but I don't see the scene file attached you made for me

I'll give it a shot and post results in image uploads...

Regards,
Morne

[Morne]

I ended up doing this with morph targets. Turned out great for my needs as it is only seen for short while and its motionblurred.

[stevesideas]

Nice one. Glad you got it sorted