Rope-Physics

[Carli]

Hi,

how do I implement a rope physics in newton?
my first idea was to to create some newton spheres and connect them with a ball joint.
These parts will then be drawn as a line strip.

do you think this is the way i should do it?
or are there any problems etc.?

an other issue is that you should be able to make the rope longer (having a winch and the rope should get longer and longer and then getting shorter after rolling back)

[kallaspriit]

Spheres and balljoints work for rather short and freefalling ropes but is not perfectly stiff and it wont work for applications like rolling it up on a winch.

[Carli]

And is there an other possibility to get such behaviour with newton?