This is a Maya plugin that fractures objects with a base in Voronoi partitioning. With a focus on being able to further simulate the breaking of different materials, the plugin utilises a range of built-in features in Maya to create versatile breaking behaviors such as distributions using bounding boxes, spheres, disks, hand-drawn curves or particle systems.
The project was implemented over a time frame of 6 weeks during the fall of 2020 as part of the course SFX - Tricks of the trade at Linköping University.
The voronoiFracture command has the following optional flags:
| Flag | Short Flag | Type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
-num_fragments |
-nf |
Unsigned | 5 |
-delete_object |
-do |
Boolean | True |
-curve_radius |
-cr |
Double | 0.1 |
-disk_axis |
-da |
String | "" |
-steps |
-s |
Unsigned | 0 |
-step_noise |
-sn |
Double | 0.05 |
-min_distance |
-md |
Double | 0.01 |
Plane fractured using 400 fragments and an implicit sphere to distribute the cells around one impact point. Render from frame in a rigid-body simulation simulating a bullet hitting a glass window.
Cube fractured with 100 fragments.
Plane fractured with 1000 fragments using a curve drawn on the object to distribute seed-points along. Fracture propagation using rigid-body simulation in order to simulate termal cracking of asphalt.