Destruction

Everyone knows there are animation projects no one really likes to do.  One example is working with advanced dynamic simulations; everyone also knows 3ds Max is not the best tool to animate such complex situations.

Take a look at the example shown below. When you analyze this scene you will discover that there is a kind of shockwave running through the sphere object.  This shockwave effect is fully controllable through thinkingParticles.  Everything you see here is rule-based!  No single keyframe was used to create the animation shown below.