Blender Secrets - Cables with physics

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[gerulfdosinger]

The best thing about your channel is that I do not have to put your videos in some kind of "best tutorials" repository like bookmarks or playlists, no, I just have to go to your channel, search it for any topic and 10 minutes later - give or take a few minutes - I not only watched the clip but got the work done in blender. Thanks so much!

[photoceano]

After adding the physics you can select the cable and Object > Convert to > Curve . Then on Object Data Properties > Geometry > Depth, you add thickness. And if you want to convert it to mesh again go to Object > Convert to > Mesh.


Great tutorial, it will spare me a lot of time.

[blackswan]

fast simple, understanable, epic ! thats how tutorials should be ! in every dimension and parallel universum ! thank you

[robbie_]

Just discovered this channel. Love the brief, straight to the point clips without a preamble. Thanks!

[thomasmacmanus]

Really nice. Really integrates the systems in a basic way so a noob like me can understand and learn.

[ulceriumdnb]

Been looking for this forever. Many thanks!

[Grrrmnnnn]

he doesnt mention it, although he should. but u can get the vert option in the add mesh menu by searching "extra" in addon. and then add everything that comes up.

[johnlight-knight]

Your channel is lovely and giving so many tips that helps users. Thank you so much!

[warrensaunders]

wow this tut is straight to the point and well made, thanks!

[johncarpio]

Me encantan sus tutoriales. He comprado el libro y es genial! Pero me hubiera encantado que esté en español también. Espero puedan actualizarlo. Mi felicidad sería completa 🙌

[zwickflixproductions]

This is dope! Not sure if there’s any pointers for this, but I’ve found it can get a little goofy when one end of the vertex group is animated - the cable will stretch between those vertices.

[leonardoromero]

:o Simple and genius, a really nice video like always, thank you :D

[eddyjuillerat]

Inside Blender, a Cable preset would be nice for hanging or dropping cables.

[KryFuZe]

Awesome tutorial! How would I get one of the ends to move in an animation?

[davidregalado]

Hi great video, I want the cable to have collisions. How can I do that??

[aliensoup]

An unfortunate trade-off using the Skin Modifier for surface volume. Smooth shading is only a rendering cheat - when textured, the cable still reveals sharp corners. To get a geometrically smooth radial surface we have to use real cylindrical geometry or the generated bevel surface from a curve - but the Cloth Modifier only works on mesh geometry. The extra geometry of a mesh tube requires much more calculation for the Cloth Modifier, and tube geometry will collapse under a Cloth Modifier.

[tifanylevinzon]

That’s so cool! Is there any way to attach something to “slide” on the cable as well?

[swisslin]

Cool stuff but how would you simulate this using geometry node setup?

[cg.man_aka_kevin]

This is using cloth. But if I using soft body, can it work?

[RV-bcyi]

Hello, Thank you for this video. Is it possible to have collisions? I tried but it didn't work. Thanks