Maya Dynamica Plugin
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Maya Dynamica Plugin
Disney Animation Studios contributed their in-house Maya plugin called 'Dynamica' to the Bullet project. This Dynamica plugin was used for physics special effects in the creation of the movie Bolt.
Download
- Precompiled versions of the Dynamica plugin can be downloaded from http://code.google.com/p/bullet/downloads/list
- The source code of the Dynamica plugin has its own repository at http://dynamica.googlecode.com
Features of the Dynamica Maya plugin
- Dynamica is cross-platform and works on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX
- Dynamica runs on Maya 8, Maya 2008, Maya 2009 and Maya 2010
- Dynamica can simulate rigid body dynamics within Maya
- The plugin exports to COLLADA Physics format and the native .bullet binary physics file format
- Constraint support for point to point, hinge, slider and generic 6 degree of freedom constraints
Manual
Here is the Dynamica user manual
Video Tutorials
Some video tutorials how to use Dynamica are available on-line. You can download (right-click - save) or watch those instruction movies on-line.
- Maya Plugin Intro (28Mb)
- Using Maya Force Fields (17Mb)
- Creating Donuts (11Mb)
- Creating Peanuts, used in Disney's Bolt Movie (29Mb)
- Part of Bolt trailer with Peanuts shot (26Mb)
Sample files
- Maya sample files are included in the Bullet SDK under Bullet/Extras/MayaPlugin/scenes
Support
- You can discuss issues about the Dynamica Maya plugin in this section of the Physics Forums
- Dynamica discussion on CG Society forums: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=86&t=675357
