How to animate thread winding on a spool???

[stuh505]

Well, if you need to see the thread really close up you could make the spool an unyielding reactor rigid body, make the thread a reactor cloth or rope object and then animate the spool rolling it up. If you don't need to see such detail, you could make an object for the rolled up thread that gets bigger, and then just animate a tail of thread hanging off of it.

[havokzprodigy]

Thanks I was just trying the reactor approach when I read your post.

And for the type of project it is I'm going to have to use both methods you have mentioned.


Thanks
Carl

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