new trick to animate a rope/cable???

Support Animation and Rigging
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hi

i was searching for information about how to animate a cable/robe

which could also rolled onto a cylinder.

but I did not find any new information, some were few years old.

does anybody have a good tip on how to do that with Blender?

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I remembered seeing this tutorial a while back. The basic premise is that the rope is a mesh with a curve deform to make it follow the path (winding itself around the winch or vice-versa). Its old, so you may have already found it, but it does go into great detail.

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Don’t know if this helps but it might:

http://plwoods.googlepages.com/home

there is also a blend file:

http://www.mediafire.com/?3lpzmitsxjz

The other methods are:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/BSoD/Introduction_to_Rigging/The_Bones-on-Curve_Spine

OR:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Manual/Array

Hope these help.

Pete