Exploding Wood & Trees in C4D: Everything You Need to Know @RocketLasso

Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Scene files and more! via Patreon: patreon.com/rocketlasso

In this tutorial for Cinema 4D we take deeper control over the Voronoi Fracture to control exactly how we want a tree or wooden object to explode apart!

Scene Files from this tutorial: patreon.com/posts/scene-files-wood-38545110

Time Stamps

00:00:32 - Rocket Lasso Live: twitch.tv/rocketlasso or here on YouTube every Wednesday
00:00:45 - New home for Rocket Lasso Live Archives: youtube.com/channel/UCC9UqUlSKcwq5u6MxqocVzQ
00:00:54 - Environment breakdown and display settings
00:02:55 - Setting up a cannonball and setting up the basic Dynamics
00:05:15 - Advanced fracturing technique using Matrix Objects
00:27:23 - Get your materials to apply properly on a fractured object
00:33:32 - Getting around gravity
00:38:10 - Use Field objects to limit what is dynamic
00:45:28 - Connecting all the splinters
00:55:25 - Shattering a smaller section, with a smaller projectile
01:03:08 - Remapping the time of the dynamics!
01:11:27 - Applying the technique to an entire tree model
01:21:49 - Outro
01:22:10 - Did this help you out? Want to support? patreon.com/RocketLasso

Thanks everybody!

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Software used:
Cinema 4D maxon.net

Get access to bonus streams, scene files, and more. patreon.com/RocketLasso

$Exploding Wood & Trees in C4D: Everything You Need to Know Scene files and more! via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rocketlasso In this tutorial for Cinema 4D we take deeper control over the Voronoi Fracture to control exactly how we want a tree or wooden object to explode apart! Scene Files from this tutorial: https://www.patreon.com/posts/scene-files-wood-38545110 Time Stamps 00:00:32 - Rocket Lasso Live: https://www.twitch.tv/rocketlasso or here on YouTube every Wednesday 00:00:45 - New home for Rocket Lasso Live Archives: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC9UqUlSKcwq5u6MxqocVzQ 00:00:54 - Environment breakdown and display settings 00:02:55 - Setting up a cannonball and setting up the basic Dynamics 00:05:15 - Advanced fracturing technique using Matrix Objects 00:27:23 - Get your materials to apply properly on a fractured object 00:33:32 - Getting around gravity 00:38:10 - Use Field objects to limit what is dynamic 00:45:28 - Connecting all the splinters 00:55:25 - Shattering a smaller section, with a smaller projectile 01:03:08 - Remapping the time of the dynamics! 01:11:27 - Applying the technique to an entire tree model 01:21:49 - Outro 01:22:10 - Did this help you out? Want to support? https://www.patreon.com/RocketLasso Thanks everybody! Follow! https://twitter.com/RocketLasso https://www.twitch.tv/rocketlasso https://www.instagram.com/RocketLasso Music: http://www.ronaldjenkees.com/ Software used: Cinema 4D https://maxon.net Get access to bonus streams, scene files, and more. https://www.patreon.com/RocketLasso$

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