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Figure 5-6
Soft Body Cache properties
Animating a Spring with Soft Bodies
Because springlike behavior is so central to the way soft bodies work, this section demonstrates the simplest
possible soft body setup, just a single edge, by using it to drive the motion of a posable spring. You can find the
file bouncing_
spring.blend
on the website for this topic. To create a Soft Body object that will control the
movement of the spring, follow these steps:
1.
TheSoftBodyobjectyou'llbeusingwillbecomposedsimplyoftwoverticesandanedge.I'vecreated
object will do for this.
