Deborah R. Fowler

RBD Instanced Objects — Bullet Solver

Posted May 10 2020 Updated May 5 2026 - restyled

A common use of RBD Instanced Objects is for layout. (It is also the same workflow used in the shelf tool for a shattered dynamic object — more about that later)

RBD Instanced Object node setup

Below are example files showing:

Example File RBDInstancedObjects.hipnc — basic setup (created with shelf tools)
RBD Instance Basic simulation
Example File RBDInstancedObjectsVarySize.hipnc — variation in size (easy to do with the current workflow), instructions on caching
RBD Instance with size variation
Example File RBDVarySizeNTexture.hipnc — variation in texture
RBD Instance with size and texture variation
Example File RBDVarySizeNTextureNTransformPieces.hipnc — more advanced sim using proxy and use transform pieces
Further explanation coming soon. Example files do contain sticky notes.