Looking for a tutorial on creating a poseable rope in DS PRO...

Techyman

I am looking for a tutorial on making a poseable rope in DS PRO. I can model the rope and texture it, but I need info on setting up bones and IK. I know there are a lot of poseable ropes (free and otherwise) but I would really like to learn the technique for setting up my own..
Thanks in advance for any help.

SickleYield

http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/19909/#292718

This post has rigging info, but the entire thread is relevant. Let me know if you have questions.

WendyLuvsCatz

I am new to Daz studio rigging
but
have found I can do something very simillar to what I do in Carrara.
select the model
under edit convert to figure
you now have a bone
click on bow shaped icon
right click choose create child bone
right click again
choose auto align
drag the little green and red gizmos to match it to you figure bits you want to rig
repeat till done
right click memorize rigging

the click on weight brush
open tools window
pick each of your bones one at a time

paint the blue bits of your model red selecting x rotation in tool window then right click copy paste fir y and z rotation
save it as a support asset figure

is silly simple way and prob has all the experts jumping up and down saying but you must!!!
but
it works for me!!!

SickleYield

No, that works, it just takes too long with 100 or more bones. The tutorial I wrote uses figure setup tab and auto weight assignment, which is unnecessary on a figure of few bones but probably helpful on something like a rope.