Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1005681&Start=1&Artist=sailor%5Fed&ByArtist=Y

I wrote a rope tutorial in the Hexagon forum at 3DXtract. I am not sure you will find it helpful but you can find it by searching "sailor_ed" as user and "rope" as keyword. The url will lead you to an image using the technique