Adding Geometry

• Add Connectors: add meshes to the endpoints of cable curves;

• Add or Edit Segments: add or edit meshes that follow the cable’s curvature;

• Convert to Mesh Cable: create a mesh cable;

For these functions, it’s important to keep the meshes correctly oriented:

• rotation should be applied to mesh (via the Ctrl+A > Apply Rotation menu or Object > Apply Rotation menu);

• visually, the mesh should be pointing towards the Z axis (look at the sky);

• for connectors and mesh cables, ideally the mesh pivot point should be located at the bottom of the mesh (but that’s not necessary);

Correct axes and results on the left, wrong on the right:

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Add Connectors

1. Select one mesh that’s going to be a connector. The mesh should be directed towards the Z axis;

2. Select one or more curves and switch to Edit Mode;

3. Select the curve endpoints of one or more splines;

4. Run the function and adjust points or connectors positions, and the scale of the connectors in the modal;

Additionally:

• Connector data is linked, so editing one connector will modify all of them;

Add Connectors keys:

• Offset Point (S): offsets curve points to/from the connectors;

• Offset Connector (D): offsets the connectors to/from the points;

• Scale Connector (T): scales connectors;

• Flip Direction (A): flips the orientation of the connectors;

• Hook Point to Connector (H): adds a Hook Modifier to the curve and uses connectors as hooks;

• Remove the Original Mesh (R): removes the originally selected objects (useful if they were temporary objects, for example);

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Add or Edit Segments

1. Select one mesh and one curve;

2. Run the function and adjust the offset (D) and the rotation (F);

3. Press Q to quickly duplicate the segment;

Additionally:

• Note that this function doesn’t work on curves with multiple splines; if your curve has multiple splines, select all points of one spline and use the P key (menu Curve > Separate).

• Note that rotation might not work correctly if the parent curve is rotated.

Add or Edit Segments keys:

• Offset Segment (D): offsets the segment along the curve;

• Tilt Segment (F): rotates the segment along its Z axis;

• Scale Segment (T): scales the segment. Note that scaling could act weird because of the Displace modifier on the segment object so ideally scaling should be done before offsetting;

• Duplicate (Q): duplicates the segment and start editing it;

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Convert to Mesh Cable

1. Select one mesh and one or more curves;

2. Run the function and adjust the relative (D) or constant (E) offset if needed;

3. Adjust the cable offset with W;

Additionally:

• Note that this function doesn’t work on curves with multiple splines, separate those first: select points of one spline and use the P key (menu Curve > Separate).

• Note that rotation might not work correctly if the parent curve is rotated.

• Cablerator 1.2.1 supports quickly converting decapped meshes from Hard Ops:

Convert to Mesh Cable keys:

• Original Curve Width (S): removes or adjusts the width of the original cable (if applicable);

• Relative Clones Offset (D): the relative distance between meshes;

• Constant Clones Offset (E): the distance in units between meshes;

• Offset Cable (W): offsets the whole mesh cable along the curve;

• Tilt Cable (F): rotates the mesh cable along its Z axis;