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These options let you create a different types of deformable constraint for the
body. For more information, see
Constraining Deformable Bodies on page 4061.
Rope Collection
Create panel > Helpers > reactor > RPCollection
Animation menu > reactor > Create Object > Rope Collection
reactor toolbar > create Rope Collection button
The Rope Collection is a reactor helper object that serves as a container for
ropes. Once you have placed a Rope Collection in your scene, you can add
any ropes in the scene to the collection. You can find out more about ropes
in the Rope Modifier on page 4049 section.
When you run the simulation, the rope collections in the scene are examined,
and, provided that the collections are not disabled, the ropes they contain are
added to the simulation.
Procedures
To create and use a Rope Collection:
1 Choose any of the above commands, and then click in any viewport to
add the Rigid Body Collection.
NOTE The icon’s position has no effect on the collection’s behavior.
The collection icon is added to the scene. You can add rigid bodies to the
collection in two ways: by picking or by using a selection list.
2 Add objects to the collection using either (or both) of these methods:
■ On the Properties rollout, click the Pick button, and then in the
viewport click an object to add.
■ On the Properties rollout, click the Add button, and then use the
Select Rigid Bodies dialog to specify one or more objects to add.
To create the collection and add objects in a single step:
■ See the Scripts on page 4103 topic.
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