Using LDCad

[Roland Melkert]

The submodel I'm working on does not appear there.

It's probably seen as a part, switch to the rope-1 ldr using the top right listing.

Once there press
END
Back at the main model press
SHIFT+INS

Once one rope is in the model you can add multiple ones (usually 4 for power lines i think) by selecting it followed by INS (while NOT in nested mode).

To shape it go into nested mode and add one or two control points by selecting an existing control point followed by INS, just realize a new point will always be added AFTER the selected one unless you selected the last one and this particular generated part has end caps. It will insert it before the last one in that case.

You'll notice all four ropes will change no matter which one you used to add/shape the path. So if you need different shapes you'll have to add a second rope to the model.

ps: Information about adding the points is noted in the description of the youtube video (I guess nobody reads thos :
pss: It is usually easier to drop the rope template directly into the model as it will make a copy and add the ref in one go.