How to properly create a LONG chain/rope?

[AcesHigh]

I want to drop a Sketchyphysics chain/rope, made of several components, over a complex object.

But do I have to link each one of the possibly hundreds of chain segments to ball joints or is it possible to automate the process, so I can simply copy and paste the segments?

[hpnisse]

Yes, there is a way to create a chain/rope (if you have SP3 with script field).

in the model I have here there is two example, one with ball thats linked to each other direct, and one with a cylinder between each ball.

[attachment=0:122zsqmx]<!-- ia0 -->ROPE.skp<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:122zsqmx]

@unknownuser said:

The long ROPE:

> ontouch{|t,s,p|
>    connect(t,"ball") if frame==0
> }
> 

-- This script is only connected everything it touch when you press play.

@unknownuser said:

The short ROPE.

> ontouch{|toucher,s,p|
>    if frame==0 #only at start
>       case toucher.name 
>          when "Rope"
>             connect(toucher,"ball")
>       end
>    else #after first frame
>       ontouch{} #turn off ontouch event.
>    end
> }
> 

-- This script connect everything that have the name "Rope" when the Play button is pressed.

hope this help...
/hpnisse

[AcesHigh]

I was expecting some way to do it without having to resort to scripting. Cause sincerely, that looks like greek to me

[hpnisse]

Okey

Perhaps the file that never show upp in the answer before understand what I mean?

ROPE.skp

That you see its not so hard, and Iam not good at neither scripting or english:P.

This is better than having physics joints in every link that take a lot of the computer:P