Rubberband Ball

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#1

Hi folks! I’m brand new to Blender, but I’ve been using 3DS Max professionally for years. I saw the pricetag on Blender and I was sold.

As a first project I’ve decided to model a rubberband ball consisting of purple and green rubberbands. I basically multiplied primitives around a sphere, but it’s just not realistic enough. I want to be able to wrap a virtual rubberband around a ball and have it collide with the surfaces under it.

So, how do I do that? What method would I use to force a mesh to elastically wrap around the mesh below it? I’ve attached what I have so far.
Thanks in advance for your advice! :eyebrowlift:

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#2

Perhaps the Retopo Tool would be useful to you.

The Release Notes.
The wiki page.
A video tutorial.
And another tutorial.

Good luck, have fun, and welcome to Blender.

#3

But that’s not what I’m looking for. Is there any way to have one mesh elastically wrap around and collide with the mesh under it?

#4

Is there an easy way to use 3ds max to do what you are asking?

My test with soft bodies:
http://www.savefile.com/files/1187354