Hello! Noob question. I want to make a realistic flag that looks like it’s flapping in the wind (not animated). As flag fabric doesn’t stretch, how does one ripple, bend, etc. a surface without changing it’s surface area? Thanks!

Maintaining surface area: Making a flag

DanielPiker (Daniel Piker) June 9, 2023, 10:22am 6

Here’s a slightly updated version of the file in the link above to output a surface to make it easier to apply a texture, and an example of the baked result

flappingflagdemo_surf.gh (17.8 KB)
flappingflag.3dm (277.2 KB)

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