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Author Topic: animating a rope in 3d studio max?
1337mik3  1788 posts
Registered: Jun '04
24067_Palpatine
Date Posted: 4/11 3:05pm Subject: animating a rope in 3d studio max?
Hello everyone!

Ive seem to run myself into a problem here. I need an animated rope/cord in 3d studio max for a shot im working on. I used the line tool and tried to animate the points on it, but it keeps snapping back to its original location every time i scrub through it. Ive checked and checked again and im POSITIVE i did not mess up with the keyframing, im sure it has to be some sort of restriction that max has.

Basically, i just need a bit of guidance on how to animate a rope in 3ds max. I would prefer to do it by hand, but a rope modifier wouldnt be too bad to deal with, i tried and failed at that a few times thinking

So, if anyone has any super amazing tutorials or words of wisdom, id like to hear it.

Thanks!
Mike

 

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darthviper107  2229 posts
Registered: Jun '03
40015_Kaleesh General
Date Posted: 4/11 5:02pm Subject: RE: animating a rope in 3d studio max?
You could try and figure out the reactor rope system which would do what you need, you could also try and use bones you could easily animate.

 
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1337mik3  1788 posts
Registered: Jun '04
24067_Palpatine
Date Posted: 4/11 7:18pm Subject: RE: animating a rope in 3d studio max?
Genius idea! Don't know why I didnt think of that... Ill give that a shot and let ya know my results.

 

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Wiz  92 posts
Registered: Jul '05
40046_Evil Penguin
Date Posted: 4/14 7:59am Subject: RE: animating a rope in 3d studio max?
Also try the Flex modifier happy

 
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