Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Using the Material Point Method in Bifrost, Jason simulates collapsing and crumbling snow. Part of a 10-lesson workshop for aspiring technical artists. Expand this description for download links and more.

00:00 - Intro
00:07 - MPM snow
00:20 - Geo import
01:35 - Basic MPM snow compound
02:00 - Hooking up the geo
02:40 - Settings
04:50 - Tweaking the properties
05:45 - Using fields for properties
10:00 - Field-driven cohesion
11:30 - Driving with fCurve fields
12:10 - MPM snow scope
14:15 - Exploring the Powerpoint file

Download the scenes, compounds, slides, lesson plans and other files to follow along or adapt for your own curriculum: areadownloads.autodesk.com/wdm/maya/bifrost_bootcamp_lesson_7_files.zip