Grouping object and hinge makes new group fall over
-
Hi,
I am using SketchyPhysics 3.1 with Sketchup 8 on XP.
I am doing the simplest test. I make a floor. I then make a door, add a hinge to it, and connect the two using the joint connection tool. When I run the simulation, pushing on the door rotates it as I expected. Of course, I wasted a few hours before I learned that you need to use the left control key, but I digress.
If I now make a group of the hinge and the door and run the simulation, the first thing that happens is the door just falls over without even touching it. Further, when I try pushing on the door, it just wobbles and flies around. The hinge no longer does anything.
Can someone explain what is going on and how to fix it?
-
Try connecting the floor with the grouped hinge.
-
Connect it how? Add another hinge between the door and the floor? I'm new to SketchyPhyics, and the lack of quality documentation is slowing me down in learning this plugin.
-
Use JointConnectTool, same that you used before.
Click on the floor and press "CTRL" (Control)[Left], then press the hinge.
Or you can start with the hinge (Ctrl-click) and then the floor, dosn't matter./hpnisse
Advertisement