Help Stripping obi rope

[josemendez]

Hi,

I want to achieve the goal shown in the video above. The first thing I want to do is strip the rope. Is it possible to do this with Obi Rope? If so, how can I achieve it?

Hi!

No, it's not possible. The reason is that a cable is not a single body but two: the copper core and the insulation around, which is a hollow plastic tube. You will have to "fake" this: one way I can think of is by using a custom vertex shader that pushes vertices inwards in the direction opposite to their normal, and change their color. This will allow you to make it look like the cable has had the insulation removed.

Additionally, I want to make my rope behave like the cables in the video, but I need to be able to cut the ropes and bind them together.

You can cut / bind Obi ropes, but can't cut rods because they do not support topological changes (see ropes/rods). Rigid cables must be simulated using rods - otherwise they would be "flaccid"- so I'm afraid you're out of luck here.

kind regards,