animation problem

[EricCamper]

the above design is my hop trellis... It pivots from a point 5' above grade... Just for fun I want to animate how it works, but I want the STRINGS to stay attached to the eye hook and the ground... Any ideas...

Thanx

[Da_elf]

easiest way would be to make the strings out of splines set to renderable and just link the start and end vertex where you need them to be

[EricCamper]

I can only get the top to link, not the bottom... I hit LINK, select top mode and link to eyelet, do the same for the bottom to a wodden stob... nothing...

[burtonr]

you need to use the linked x form modifier.

Select vertex, spline select modifier, linked x form modifier (uncheck back checkbox) pick 1st link object, edit spline modifier, pick other vertex, spline select modifier, link x form modifier, pick other object. Repeat as needed for linked verts.

[tricky]

'hop trellis' - is that hops for beer making?