This Blender Tool is Making Blender Better | RBDLab

one of the challenges that blender still faces is in the simulation of realistic physics and facts don't get me wrong though it can produce exceptional results but is it good enough to compete with other tools in the market well not really however in the background there is one tool in development that aims to take the simulation of lender to the next level I'm talking about RBD lab so what is the secret behind it why it is popular and is it really that good RBD lab is a blender Anon that emerges as a solution to improve the simulation capabilities and everything physics related within the software I'm talking about the type of Animation that applies the principles and the laws of physics to produce realistic animations with the use of complex math algorithms let's be honest neither you nor I care about that but what we care about is the type of Animation they could produce such as object facturing destruction and creating details such as debris dust and smoke and many other things according to the developer it has been in development for more than 2 years to the point where we could say it has become more than just an add-on but rather a complete simulation software that resides with them blender but does it live up to that hype and is it different than the physics ulations of blender and why does it make a difference but before we get into that I would like to highlight that it regroups all dender simulation features into a sight panel which makes it easier to set up the different types of effects without having to go back and forth between the NeverEnding menus of the software and we all know how tiresome that is now in terms of what makes RBD live different than the simulation tools that are found in blender is that it uses rigid bodies as the basis of all simulations and let me tell you it changes everything before we continue let me take a moment and talk about salad how would you like to profit from your PC while doing absolutely nothing it is true at least technically speaking you probably thinking what's the patch and indeed there is one but it is not what you think in a nutshell solid is a computer sharing community that can help you earn back some of the money you spent on your high-end rig so if you own a powerful GPU you can earn up to $200 a month by sharing your PC resources while idling to help people with massive Computing projects like Ai and machine learning so when you are not cranking those renders and animations you can start the salid app and let it run in the background the rewards can range from games gift cards and gaming Hardware among other things so click the first link in the description to get started and you can also use the code touch to boost your rewards a rigid body simulates the movement of solid objects such as their position and orientation without deforming them to explain it better let's use a bounce sybol animation example in cartoons they typically get squeezed against the ground as they bounce back whereas in real life they don't do that type of deformation at least not to that extent and that's how rigid bodies work the more rigid the body is the less deformation you can see and they try to mimic the physical movements of objects in the real world but this is not limited to balls only because this can be applied to all sorts of objects now in the context of blender unlike other simulations rigid bodies work with the standard animation system of the software this means that they can be treated as if they are regular objects and you can use things like parent child relationships animation constraints and drivers RBD La using rigid bodies as the basis of all types of simulations also means that these simulations can interact with each other such as cloth colliding with rigid bodies or soft bodies bouncing off rigid bodies and many other effects that were not possible with the default simulation tools of blender now if I had to name one type of simulation that the blender struggles with the most I would say it is factors at least in my opinion because there is no direct way to do it other than with the cell fracture free add-on that comes with a software or by having to figure out a manual way to do it and to be honest none of these two ways are so optimal for that task that's why RBD lab offers a collection of tools to give you the power to create any fracturing effect and you can do it quickly with many details to achieve this we have multiple options to choose from we can for instance generate fractures based on particles which is revolutionary for a blender if you ask me and you can even adjust the different elements of it such as the size and density of the particles and there is also other ways to generate fractures too to such as using textures booing operations and other tools that allow further details to take place now in terms of the simulation engine that the add-on uses it is still the regular one that we can find in blender so while it is true that it still heavily relies on blender internal capabilities it makes life way easier for blender users because its menu broke down all of blender simulation features into a direct and simple to understand side menu for example we have a section for the main modules where we can find things like fractures physics particles and constraints and with that we have a simpler access to all the tools that allow you to create stuff like debris dust and smoke more easily without having to manually figure it out and just like what we said the true power of the add-on relies on its ability to be able to mix all these St of simulations with each other thanks to using rigid bodies what is also worth mentioning about RBD lab is how it introduces never seen before types of simulations to the software or at least the ones that would be very tricky to achieve otherwise among these is the deformation of metal because ever since the release of the version 1.5 of Rd lab it became possible to produce realistic metal deformation and shattering or even totally breaking it which according to the developer is something that wasn't possible in blender before and just like we mentioned before the Aon also allows us to provide never seen before soft body simulations inside the blender such as close but why is that well if you remember the key to achieving this relies on RBD lives Reliance on Rigid bodies and the abilties to mix different types of simulations with each other so that we can create combinations that simply weren't possible in the software before there are also a few more simulation types that we can achieve with the add-on such as robes melting effects and much more with the help of an add-on at this level can blender finally go head tohe with other industry standard software such as Houdini well it is a step in the right direction for sure but it still has a long way to go before it can rival such a software which is arguably the best software in the market market and one of the most used in major Studios and VFX Productions around the world as of today Houdini still stands out as a far more advanced software that surpasses blender in virtually every aspect of simulation with its Superior physics engine bigger set of features and offering more control over how the simulation can look compared to Blender at least but still RBD lab is a great solution for blender users or those who can't pay for Houdini or they don't want to learn it in the first place and let's not forget about Houdini's node based workflow the bread and the butter of the tool which allows you to create custom iterations animations and effects by combining and mixing different nodes together it is also a much more flexible way to work with in general as an answer to this thund introduced simulation nodes a while back which work exactly like Houdini but it is still not at the same level since it is in its early stages however both RBD lab and blender are still great solutions for creating physics simulations as a matter of fact some users didn't move to Houdini because of this add-on called RPD lab as one artist stated I must say that the results are amazing as someone who is considering switching to Houdini this Anon is part of the reason why I still haven't switched but we have to ad there is still a lot of work left before we can catch up to the industry standard simulation software yet again from what I can see RBD lab right now is one of the best Solutions if not the best you can get right now to work on simulations inside the blender so guys if you are interested in RBD lab you will find all the necessary links in the description I hope you found this video useful and informative if you did please give it a thumbs up Up And subscribe to this channel to receive more videos like this thank you guys very much for watching again and I will see you in the next one

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Keywords: blender, RBDlab, 3D modeling, 3d animation, 3d software, blender addons

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Length: 10min 20sec (620 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 04 2024