REACTOR: how to attach rope to animated object

[victor throe]

anybody?

[cgbinho]

there's an modifier named "reactor attach to RB" ( rigid body )... apply one of those to the rope and select the animated object and select the vertices you want to link the rope :beer:

[victor throe]

it didnt work

let me run through this


animated sphere
line drawn coming out the side at frame 0
apply reactor rope to line
create rope collection....add spline
create rigid bodie add sphere
spline select modifier to line....select end vertex
then apply the attach to rigid body

is this set up right.....im sure im missing something
cant find a tutorial anywhere

[cgbinho]

i was checking the rope example that comes with max and the modifier stack was like this:

reactor rope
splineselect
normalize spl.
helix

well i tried attaching to RG but no luck

if someone can help this guy.. now i'm curious too. :)

[Reality3D]

http://www.telefonica.net/web/r3d/rope.zip

[victor throe]

excellent

that works

but can i recreate it?....can i hell

even if i open you file...which works...create my own sphere

add it to the rbcollection...select it through the attach to rb

it just doesnt work

what vital stage am i missing

im going to kick myself i know it

[Velocamonkey]

hmmm

what was the missing secret step in that file?

[Reality3D]

There wasn't missing secret step. Just make sure the animated sphere has unyield property(utilities,reactor,properties/other properties)

[El_Schubi]

it's also important that you select the "attach to rigid body" modifier from the modify panel of your spline/rope.
you cannot attach ropes with the standalone modifier from the reactor toolbar! this one only works with cloth and softbodies


el_schubi

[victor throe]

AAAAAAAH-HAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

doh

knew it was something simple




hmmm




not sure what to use it on now

[Rodi]

i been following this and downloaded the rope.zip, and still no luck...whats wrong with me :-(

[Dave Black]

Make sure the sphere has some mass assigned to it. If it's set to 0, it won't move.

-3DZ

:D

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