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I've created a wire object and pinned it in space using a pin constraint. But how to I attach an object (like a ball) to the end of the wire?

Ideally I would like throw it around like an olympic hammer

Any help is appreciated!
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rbdpinconstraint
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Thanks!

I've attached the contraint to my ball object, so the goal I need to be a point on the wire object, but I only seem to able to select the ball from the pull down. Do I need some sort of expression in the goal so it locks to the last point on my wire chain?
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check out the example files on the help card for that node
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I got a bit further with it, using the reference and have now managed to attach the ball to the end of the wire using a spring constraint. Now if I turn the ball into a RBD object, regardless of settings, the rope doesn't appear to able to take the weight of the ball - even if its got the mass of a gnat!

Maybe a cloth solver on the wire will work… :?
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