Is there any way to force UE to use my custom collision mesh?
Its a simplified screwthread that im using for a worm gear.
I made it for a physics simulation so it has to be a “simple mesh” otherwise I would use it in the complex channel.
It imports fine with my model, but UE tries to decompose it into its own shapes and makes a total ■■■■ of it!
I have had to decompose it myself into simple blocks before import and this does work to a degree, but its very sensitive to jamming up the simulation because its in lots of disconnected cube like blocks, It would be better if it was a single continuous surface as i drew it, but UE wont take it as it is.
Can I override UE decomposition of my UCXmesh and just use it as it is?
UCX doesn’t meant you can import Anything.
here is the doc reference:
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/…hes/index.html
here is the image that goes with it.
you have to construct many separate UCX meshes to create a threading of a screw.
each loop should be it’s own separate convex hull. They should appear to be something like this
<=>
<=>
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For them to be valid UCX.
Is it necessary to have the < parts in the collision?
if it isn’t, then obviously a cylinder would perform better.
if it is, unfortunatelyz the circular portions are the only way I can think of to get it to import correctly.
Ps: why are they affecting the simulation though? The collision parts of a single object do not move unless you somehow created a PHAT asset or something the like for it.
thanks for the info. its a steep learning process…i was just trying to make this work, the worm gear at 20 seconds. it worked eventually once i worked out what ue was doing and how it decomposed my ucx mesh. its a shame it cannot be told to just use the ucx mesh though. i basically chopped the ucx mesh into 15 degree sections throughout the thread and it imported ok after it did its stuff.
