Gyro
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So i decided to try and build this gyro type thing tonight more so as a goofing off/learning type project. at first i had a problem because i was nesting square rings, and didnt leave clearances. So i redid the cross section of the ring and i still find myself with a problem.
Any suggestions?
Mike
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@mike ravenwolf said:
So i decided to try and build this gyro type thing tonight more so as a goofing off/learning type project. at first i had a problem because i was nesting square rings, and didnt leave clearances. So i redid the cross section of the ring and i still find myself with a problem.
Any suggestions?
Mike
The problem is that the rings are not really rings at all. They act like solid cylinders. You cant have any holes in shapes.
If you really want a torus shaped hoop you need to build each segment of the torus and make it a convexhull. then group the lot.
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hmmm... yeah that thought crossed my mind when i was doing this though I dissmissed it (not sure why...lol) Thanks man, I'll give this a shot.
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ok well i tried to make them all convex, and in fact i got some results.
yet when i tried to do three rings, it failed to work, as if something was getting stuck on somehting else. When i ran the combinations of the rings, two at a time, they worked fine.the lines in the model i am posting is probably because i copy and pasted the rings.(without the joints of course)
i tried to attach the file though for some reason it is bigger than 512 kbso if you'd like to take a look at it, PM me your email and i'll send it to ya
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@mike ravenwolf said:
ok well i tried to make them all convex, and in fact i got some results.
yet when i tried to do three rings, it failed to work, as if something was getting stuck on somehting else. When i ran the combinations of the rings, two at a time, they worked fine.the lines in the model i am posting is probably because i copy and pasted the rings.(without the joints of course)
i tried to attach the file though for some reason it is bigger than 512 kbso if you'd like to take a look at it, PM me your email and i'll send it to ya
Try zipping it. Or post it here:
http://groups.google.com/group/sketchyphysics/topics
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@mike ravenwolf said:
ok well i tried to make them all convex, and in fact i got some results.
yet when i tried to do three rings, it failed to work, as if something was getting stuck on somehting else. When i ran the combinations of the rings, two at a time, they worked fine.the lines in the model i am posting is probably because i copy and pasted the rings.(without the joints of course)
i tried to attach the file though for some reason it is bigger than 512 kbso if you'd like to take a look at it, PM me your email and i'll send it to ya
Its the same problem. The rings need to be broken up into more pieces. Each ring should be made with one convex object per segment (24 of them in this case).
Easiest way to make a ring is to create one segment, group it, set it to convex, then use rotate and copy to make the rest
Chris
lol nope it wasnt late when i posted last...lol anyways heres the zip.
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