Open the PDI toolset and choose the shattering type (Voronoi or Path-based). The plugin will quickly turn your solid object into hundreds or thousands of fragments.
The "Shatter It!" engine produces far more natural-looking results, specifically designed for,, well, breaking things.
Choose your style. For a stone pillar, select or Local . Set the number of fragments (e.g., 200 pieces).
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Before you blow anything up, you need to get the plugin working. PullDownIt supports a range of Maya versions (usually from 2016 to 2024+).
Don’t try to do everything in one go. Simulate the "hero" pieces first, then use PDI to add smaller debris and dust (often in conjunction with Maya Fluids or Phoenix FD).
: Pulldownit handles thousands of fractured pieces with incredible computational efficiency. Open the PDI toolset and choose the shattering
Bullet is a great open-source solver integrated into Maya, but it lacks advanced, artist-friendly fracturing tools. It requires tedious manual setup to achieve jagged edges or complex impact-triggered cracks.
The latest major update, Pulldownit 6.5, represents a significant shift in the destruction workflow, focusing on a . This update, a free upgrade for version 6.0 licensed users, is designed to accelerate iteration and reduce rework.
Distributes points evenly throughout the mesh, ideal for brittle materials like glass or ceramic. Choose your style
allows for interactive chipping on inner borders of fragments to refine destruction details. Performance Optimizations
Automatically adds high-resolution, realistic displacement to the interior faces of shattered geometry without slowing down the simulation.
Some key features of PulldownIt include: