Flexi question

Can anyone give me advice on how to make flexi stuff? I have started to make clothes and I really want to start using flexi as it looks so much nicer in skirts etc. I just dont know where to start! Thanks very much!

Annie, the best way to learn is to just play with the flexy prims. Make a prim and in edit mode go to the 'features' tab and turn on flexi. Then play with the options.

Flexi skirts are usually made up out of hollowed and tapered cylinder segments arranged in a circle with an outward tilt, but that's not always the case. My latest gown uses the box prim, hollowed and at an angle.

I play around with flexi designs all the time and rarely use the same skirt in a second gown. There are simply hundreds of ways to do it, so just play around and see what you like. And of course, check out the skirts you have to see how they were made and get some ideas. (just don't copy them)

Thank you =) Didnt even realize there was that option..DOH! =)

A couple of basics to remember when you're working with flex prims:

First, only a few shapes can be flexed. Cylinders and boxes, for the most part.

Two, cut the prim and hollow it first before you enable the flex option -- the top part will be flexed, the bottom solid. This means you'll have to flip the prim over before you start copying and linking for a skirt or something. That also means you'll need to reverse any tapers and skewing you did while it was right side up.

Finally, be careful with all the wind and gravity settings. If you make a skirt too fluttery, it will fly up in back whenever the user just takes one step. Of course, that may be the effect you want too