Avoid fur intersecting with mesh

[lcrivell]

Hi,
I have a simple mesh with fur on it, however the fur is intersecting the mesh itself:


Is there a way to avoid that the fur is intersecting any mesh on the scene so that it is surrounding it ?

Thanks

[vlado]

Nope; you can maybe use the V-Ray fur styler to bend the fur away. This may work for static scenes, but unfortunately it won't work for animation.

The other approach is to use a fur solution that supports dynamics and collision objects like Hair&Fur or Ornatrix or HairFarm.

Best regards,
Vlado

[lcrivell]

Thanks Vlado. The tools you name seem all to be for 3dsmax. Would you have any suggestion for maya plugins ?

[vlado]

Thanks Vlado. The tools you name seem all to be for 3dsmax. Would you have any suggestion for maya plugins ?

Maya hair is an obvious and easy choice; Shave&Haircut is another, and if you are outside the US, there is also Yeti.

Best regards,
Vlado

[lcrivell]

Thanks. VRay 3.0 doesn't seem to be able to render maya fur (nHair is ok though). Shave&Haircut doesn't seem Vray 3.0 compatible yet.

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

You may need to ask for custom build from shave&haircut that can support v3.

[bigbossfr]

If you use Maya 2015, XGen

[vlado]

Thanks. VRay 3.0 doesn't seem to be able to render maya fur (nHair is ok though).

It is why I said Maya hair (and not fur)

Shave&Haircut doesn't seem Vray 3.0 compatible yet.

<shrug> Joe Alter has had the code for ages, you can probably ask to see what's the status of this.

In Maya 2015, there is X-Gen, yes.

Best regards,
Vlado