juangoretex Posted Thursday at 11:01 AM Share Posted Thursday at 11:01 AM Hi guys! I've been trying for a bit to model a modern climbing rope that has a woven pattern, but I can't seem to figure it out. I always end up with intersections etc. I'll attach my file if you'd like to have a look at what I got. Thanks so much in advance! rope_modeling.hiplc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fencer Posted Thursday at 06:30 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:30 PM Definitely there're many ways, more or less procedural or mathematically correct. I tried first a more simple and flexible way. climbing_rope_v01.hipnc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juangoretex Posted Thursday at 06:51 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 06:51 PM 9 minutes ago, fencer said: Definitely there're many ways, more or less procedural or mathematically correct. I tried first a more simple and flexible way. climbing_rope_v01.hipnc 185.61 kB · 0 downloads Damn that's beautiful, thank you so much Paul. Was still working on a few other methods but wasn't really able to figure it out still. Definitely going to study this setup :) Thanks again for taking the time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juangoretex Posted 20 hours ago Author Share Posted 20 hours ago On 4/23/2026 at 8:30 PM, fencer said: Definitely there're many ways, more or less procedural or mathematically correct. I tried first a more simple and flexible way. climbing_rope_v01.hipnc 185.61 kB · 5 downloads Hey man! Trying to wrap my head around this, got a question for when you've got time. Why exactly do you go through all of that stuff before sweeping? Like measuring the distance between each point, calculating the cross product of the tangent and N, then reference that distance on the length of a line and use that as the cross section of a sweep node. To me it seems like just sweeping the lines and using the normals to orient them seem to do the same thing? I'm sure I'm missing something here but just trying to learn and understand your thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fencer Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago Sure, just sweep might be even better, then reference distance to ribbon width. But again, distance depends on angle and amount of twists, I would like not to overcomplicate this and just adjust based on look. More fun is to make a next step in the pattern, as your reference has a bit more complex stitch with 2 shifts, not simple cross as I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juangoretex Posted 3 hours ago Author Share Posted 3 hours ago 13 hours ago, fencer said: Sure, just sweep might be even better, then reference distance to ribbon width. But again, distance depends on angle and amount of twists, I would like not to overcomplicate this and just adjust based on look. More fun is to make a next step in the pattern, as your reference has a bit more complex stitch with 2 shifts, not simple cross as I did. Right, got it. Yep that's right! The reference goes twice over and under, I'll see if I can figure it out Thanks man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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