problem gravity / connector

[piece-quality]

Good morning,

My scene consists of a sofa that inflates with a metal frame.
I would like to make my sofa go into the air with a gravity effector.
All while having a cable that is hookable, but which is not affected by gravity.

I feel like I did everything right... but it doesn't work

https://uploadnow.io/f/NRNzFqQ

THANKS !

[Dr. Sassi]

Hi piece-quality,

Please note that for security reasons, I use only Dropbox, Google, Adobe, Apple, or Wetransfer as cloud services. Also, no "Tiny-URLs"

If you don't mind, please use one of those.

I'm happy to look into your scene.

Cheers

[piece-quality]

@Dr-Sassi

https://we.tl/t-usBiIuccfD

sorry for this confusion!

[Dr. Sassi]

Hi piece-quality,

Thanks for the extra work, very kind of you.

Here is a demo setup.
CV4_2025_drs_24_Sisb_01.c4d

Please note that the Connector is used, and the other side of the Rope is just fixed in space.

I have added a Random Field to the Gravity to take that "clean-simulation" look out of it. If that is not to your liking, just delete it.

The Rope is just a spline, and the second one is a "Rail" to keep the geometry more in place. The Rail-Scale option in the Sweep is off.

.
I got only half of the file as the sofa was an abc file, which was not attached.

Anyway, I have set up a Mesh deformer. It is faster and can be cached, while the content inside of the Mesh Deformer can be swiftly replaced. (Initiate after replacement).

I hope that works for you.

Enjoy your project