I need to make a thin posable wire for a scene. I have tried something called EasyPoseTube, but when I size its diameter really small, it seems to bend wierdly. Normally I might do this in post - but I want to animate it. I know it sounds sick, but I need it to stitch a few body parts together. Do I need to model this from say a bunch of tube prims and then "bone" it? that would be a new skill for me! OR, should I just re-size my Body really big to match the EasyTube default size? JP

What size do you need? Diameter? Length? cheers, dr geep ;=]

You could try attaching single Poser hairs to various objects. Would be bit tricky to guide the free ends to where you want them...

Hey jpiazzo, One more parameter ... What is the minimum radius of bend that you need? cheers, dr geep ;=]

This is interesting. Coiling string/wire would be useful in many contexts. Just having some lying around on the floor always adds a bit of squalor to a scene.

Maybe ... just maybe ... we can make one in Poser. Let's see what the requirements are. ;=]

Hey dr geep, & all

I find it a bit hard to state exact dimensions, basically because I never really understood poser scale, But....

I loaded a cylinder next to a default male figure and resized the Diameter to 0.5% - that looks about right
for thick wire or string. I'm thinking about barbwire here.
Length is variable I would probably like about 3 or 4 "poser feet" of it.
Bend radius would , I suppose, depend on material. String would have to bend very smoothly - stiff wire could probably be made up of a little bit longer sections as wire would tend to kink a little anyway. The ability to morph from a coil to a straight section would be cool.

Hey, here is a project that could eat up untold amounts of time ;-) lets make a ball of yarn that will unroll so that the Poser cat has something to play with!

JP

Attached Link: http://www.djdesign.com/poser/daverjwire.zip

I just did some tests with it shrunk small, and it works OK if you use the dials or if you make small movements with the mouse using the Translate/Move tool. But if you grab the end and drag a lot it can get pretty weird looking pretty fast. I think it has something to do with the way Poser rounds numbers when they are very small. It doesn't use enough decimal places in it's numbers to maintain accuracy. So use the dials and you'll be fine when it's scaled down to the size of a thread/string.

WOW Thanks - at first glance it looks great. I'll try it in context when I get home. I've got to stay away from Poser at work, or nothing will get done! JP