tyFlow | DESTRUCTION and REFORM tutorial
Object Destruction & Reform Effect Masterclass: tyFlow, tySplines & V-Ray
👉 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝟏𝟎% 𝐨𝐧 𝐕-𝐑𝐚𝐲: https://bit.ly/Get-VRay
👉 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 + 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭: / jonasnoell
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an object destruction and reform animation using tyFlow, tySplines, and V-Ray 6 in 3ds Max. We begin by building a particle setup to fracture geometry into smaller fragments, animating forces to drive the pieces outward, and using target/recall operators to pull them seamlessly back to their original rest positions.
After setting up the particle dynamics, we generate dynamic motion trails following particle trajectories using tySplines. Finally, we configure V-Ray materials and use VRayDistanceTex nodes to procedurally alter material properties and light effects based on particle proximity.
𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨, 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐥𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐔𝐬𝐞:
✅ tyFlow Particle Setup: Fracturing geometry into discrete pieces and controlling particle velocity
✅ Outward Force & Target Recall: Animating fragments to explode outward and reform back to their rest mesh
✅ tySplines Motion Trails: Generating dynamic, renderable trailing splines along particle paths
✅ V-Ray Shading & Materials: Building render setups for complex particle animations
✅ VRayDistanceTex Effects: Driving dynamic material transitions and emissions based on particle proximity
I am using 3ds Max, tyFlow, and V-Ray for this demonstration, and these procedural particle and shading concepts apply across older and newer V-Ray versions.
▶️ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬
00:00 - Overview
00:50 - Animation Breakdown
01:49 - Particle Setup & Target Recall (tyFlow)
11:56 - Generating Motion Trails with tySplines
17:51 - V-Ray Shading & VRayDistanceTex Setup
▶️ 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐟𝑢𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬
⚡𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐧: / jonasnoell
⚡𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦: / jonas_noell_cgi
⚡𝐒𝐮𝒃𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝒃𝐞: / @jonasnoell
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