Is there is a way to add the spring effect to props made within Sketchup?
I'm trying to apply the effect to a hose that is attached to a cybernetic creature.
Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

Hasn't this wheel already been invented?

flowing hair kit vol 2

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I'm looking to create props and apply the effect to them. I see that the option is available in the modify section. My question is how to or what steps are involved in adding spring to a sketchup drawn hose that has been exported as a vns file. The Flowing hair vol. 2 looks to be close to what I need.

As I understand it, a prop has to be created as a "spring prop" from the beginning, it's not something that can just be "turned on." Checking the spring button on a prop that doesn't have a spring effect built in will have no effect.

Now as for how to actually create a spring prop from scratch, I haven't figured that one out yet, but I would suspect that it requires one of the higher-level animation packages to pull off.

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Hi crabshang. check out this link. This is the method I used for the Spring Fonts.

http://developer.reallusion.com/whitepaper/Spring/Spring_2.htm

Only Problem is you Need MAX, and iclone developer plugin.

Hope this helps

Thank you Christy and Namunger. That link clears up exactly what I was suspecting. I saw 3ds max listed in a tutorial but it wasn't stated that it was a prerequisite. Thanks so much for contributing to our endeavor.