Hi,

I need to animate a piece of string. It has to bounce back when pulled. It is for one of those clowns on the wall. They have a string on their bottom and when you pull it the legs and arms start to move.
In order to simulate that I just wanted an opinion on what would be the best way to achieve a nice result. My first idea would be to create a cylinder and put some bones in it. But I know little about mayas field and soft body dynamics. (they might be better, or not??) So if anyone has any ideas on how to attack something like this. please let me know.

thanks