# A Hanging Rope using Inverse Kinematics

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**Created:** [August 14, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hanging-rope-using-inverse-kinematics/235787 "2007-08-14T19:32:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-hanging-rope-using-inverse-kinematics/235787/1 "2007-08-14T19:32:35Z")

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I’ve been studying inverse kinematics (specifically in Making Things Move by Keith Peters) and he covers how to drag and reach using inverse kinematics, I tried extending his reaching example to get a hanging effect by always having the rope/chain reaching for something just beneath it’s grasp. This worked but didn’t look realistic at all.

I was wondering if anyone had any information on the maths behind acheiving this effect properly.