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Creating Hanging Object in Blender

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About​

Hanging objects (lamps or signs) such objects have special bones that allow them to imitate ropes or any other kind of rope.

Start​

We're gonna need a model. Like a model of a sign on ropes.

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Create several bones.

  • One for the collision of the sign itself
  • Two (or more) bones for the ropes.
  • One main (root) bone

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Bone​

Let's set up bones

Go to Bone Properties and in X-Ray Engine: Bone, choose:

  • For rope bones, select Cloth in Joint Type and needed Bone Shape.
  • For sign bone select Joint and needed Bone Shape.
  • For root bone, select Rigid. Bone Shape - None.

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tip

Also for more accurate weight you can adjust the mass and center of mass for the bones

Finish​

tip

If you plan to place the object on the ceiling, it is better to flip the object to the intended attachment point on top and apply all transformations to the armature and model. This will allow you to easily fix the object in the SDK at the desired angle.

Go to Object PropertiesObject Properties svg-icon.

In X-Ray Engine: Object select Dynamic or Progressive Dynamic in the Type list.