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nCloth Experiment- Viking Longboat sail

Working with nCloth in Maya to simulate a sail from a Viking Longboat with added wind effect. This process was actually far simpler than I expected. Of course, a boat must also be in water- so I played a bit with Maya's BOSS wave system- I had previously already worked with fluid simulation in Maya- but I finally decided to put it to a more practical use, turning my boat into an actual floating object.

Final product

Initial nCloth physics

Added tether points and passive collider on the mast

Added wind effect

Increased sail rigidity and mass