Last part of what Elemenopee said, but befor you extrude, and AFTER you draw your curve:
1. Make it a soft-body, then ad springs, ad gravity, and turbulence.
2. Then extrude
Or, if it does not need to be animated, just draw using the ROPE PaintFX brush
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