Hey. I like to use drilled rope to press parts of furniture to each other. Example: [image] Is there anyone who made a model for such type of material and likes to share the experiences? I need to draw straight lines, angles and 3D knots. Thanks!

I have to model ropes all the time in my work. I generally use combination of extensions. Weld, Pipe along path being the main ones and draw catenary another. Then I paint the ropes with an appropriate material to keep them low poly. There are some well modeled 3strand twist ropes like the one in y…

Have a look at Taff’s examples [image] Three-Strand Rope Study Help Group discussion • Three-stranded rope can be constructed along a helical path, using the follow-me tool • However, this produces geometry that will never be seen, inside the rope (between the strands) • To construct on…

Thanks for the examples, Geo. I will try to find a video tutorial, which shows how to replace a drawed line, which has straight parts, angles and free formed parts by a rope.

Here is a quick version for making low poly “ropes” using Pipe Along Path which I like because it remembers options and dimensions from session to session and can be set to use 0 for the ID so pipes have only one wall, plus it auto groups the resulting geometry and makes new layers for you. Notice …

Furniture with rope: How to model rope as straight lines and as 3D knots?

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euphoria February 5, 2020, 10:32pm 6

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Thanks for that nice and helpful insight!

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Furniture with rope: How to model rope as straight lines and as 3D knots?

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