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I want this cable to stay attached to the post and the security camera while the camera rotates. I would like to prevent unrealistic stretching. I've tried using hooks with vertex groups but the end caps just stretch and the cable doesn't move. I'm not sure if I need cloth physics or soft body physics or something else.

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A way to do it is to use a curve for the cable.

You can hook the curve handle linked to the camera to an empty. Then parent this empty to another one driving the camera rotation.

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  • $\begingroup$ Thank you so much! This was a very straightforward explanation, and the accompanied file was more than I expected! $\endgroup$
    – Adam Barker
    Commented Sep 20, 2020 at 0:12
  • $\begingroup$ I have it behaving that way you have taught, but when the security camera is turned in a more extreme way the cable clips into the camera box. Is there an easy way to keep that from happening? Would some sort of rigidbody have to be applied? I also parented the bottom handle of the bezier to the post, but it distorts/rotates a bit when the cable stretches. Is there a way to keep it more stiff at the bottom? $\endgroup$
    – Adam Barker
    Commented Sep 20, 2020 at 0:15
  • $\begingroup$ Update-- I think I mostly fixed the bottom part of the cable distortion by hooking it to an empty in the post instead and then playing with the scale and location of that empty a bit. $\endgroup$
    – Adam Barker
    Commented Sep 20, 2020 at 0:29

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