Simon Fiedler, a C4D genius, has a sweet freebie for everyone. It’s a C4D Rope Shader. This is basically a second direction you could go when making ropes. The first is high poly but incredibly awesome by using the free plugin ReeperX: thepixellab.net/c4d-reeperx-rope-generator-plugin
This shader is the second option and is useful if you need ropes but can’t handle the high geometry created by Reeper X. This shader uses displacement to create a rope that appears high res when in fact it is a very low poly object. This can be extremely helpful depending on your scene. Grab it and play around!