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  • C Offline
    CPhillips
    last edited by 28 Nov 2007, 20:50

    @masta squidge said:

    I think i downloaded the wrong one... The only link I found seems to have no mention of any sort of new cool things. This (the one i downloaded) seems to be the same as what I had before. 😳

    Can anyone lend a hand?

    New version is still a month or so away.

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      Masta Squidge
      last edited by 1 Dec 2007, 19:15

      @cphillips said:

      @masta squidge said:

      I think i downloaded the wrong one... The only link I found seems to have no mention of any sort of new cool things. This (the one i downloaded) seems to be the same as what I had before. 😳

      Can anyone lend a hand?

      New version is still a month or so away.

      Oh... well how do I get the alpha? Or can I not because Im not in a certain group?

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        CPhillips
        last edited by 1 Dec 2007, 21:36

        @masta squidge said:

        @cphillips said:

        @masta squidge said:

        I think i downloaded the wrong one... The only link I found seems to have no mention of any sort of new cool things. This (the one i downloaded) seems to be the same as what I had before. 😳

        Can anyone lend a hand?

        New version is still a month or so away.

        Oh... well how do I get the alpha? Or can I not because Im not in a certain group?

        The last release was Jul 7. Its here:
        http://code.google.com/p/sketchyphysics/downloads/list

        I noticed when I went to find the link that is has been downloaded over 24,000 times. When I was writing it I was thinking I would be lucky to get a few hundred. πŸ˜„

        Chris

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          AdamB
          last edited by 20 Dec 2007, 14:16

          re: weighing stuff.

          In the past I've had some good success using Physics systems by calculating the volume of an object and using some density parameter to figure some mass. The volume of a closed object is as I describe in this thread:

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          I used to figure density from the materials the object used (which tended to be correct as they're often used to drive sound / particle-puffs on collisions.

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            eldar
            last edited by 6 Feb 2008, 19:56

            hi! i was wondering if there's a way to lock the pose in SketchyPhysics, maybe with an example i can explain myself (english is not my first language) i downloaded the model of the robot arm, open the model, push the play physics button and start to move the fingers and made a cool pose, but when i finish and use others sketchup buttons the pose is lost, my question is: there is a way to not lose this pose or save it, stay with the worked pose and continue working with the tools of sketchup, draw something, etc? (maybe save in a layer?)

            This is very important also in my work as an architect to design solar protection windows and stuff like this. Amazing tool by the way, thanks!!

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              Julius
              last edited by 6 Feb 2008, 20:13

              @eldar said:

              hi! i was wondering if there's a way to lock the pose in SketchyPhysics, maybe with an example i can explain myself (english is not my first language) i downloaded the model of the robot arm, open the model, push the play physics button and start to move the fingers and made a cool pose, but when i finish and use others sketchup buttons the pose is lost, my question is: there is a way to not lose this pose or save it, stay with the worked pose and continue working with the tools of sketchup, draw something, etc? (maybe save in a layer?)

              This is very important also in my work as an architect to design solar protection windows and stuff like this. Amazing tool by the way, thanks!!

              i don't think so...anyway wait for CPhilips'answer.

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                CPhillips
                last edited by 7 Feb 2008, 03:59

                @eldar said:

                hi! i was wondering if there's a way to lock the pose in SketchyPhysics, maybe with an example i can explain myself (english is not my first language) i downloaded the model of the robot arm, open the model, push the play physics button and start to move the fingers and made a cool pose, but when i finish and use others sketchup buttons the pose is lost, my question is: there is a way to not lose this pose or save it, stay with the worked pose and continue working with the tools of sketchup, draw something, etc? (maybe save in a layer?)

                This is very important also in my work as an architect to design solar protection windows and stuff like this. Amazing tool by the way, thanks!!

                I understand. That should be possible. Ill add it to my list.

                You could do something similar now if you take advantage of a bug. Just save the model while the simulation is running. It will save it in the posed position.

                Chris

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                  eldar
                  last edited by 20 Feb 2008, 04:26

                  CPhillips thanks for considering the idea and sorry for my late answer, as you said save the model is the solution, for me this open a lot of new possibities like make a simple skeleton to a design character and pose the figure in contex to make a draw... all inside sketchup instead to learn and buy poser (i know poser is a much more powerfull program but it's only for this then i needed)

                  ...one more question is in yours planes to add a feature to make the sketchyphysics an executable? (.exe) something like blender with his gamengine, it will be very cool to have a feature like that, view and walk to the model from a human point of view, open doors with the sliders, jump to a selected scene, all of this without the possibilty to edit the model. this two tools will combine perfect with this idea: a bake ligth tool inside sketchup http://www.youtube.com/user/adambillyard and a video texture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfr8cLZNvWg

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                    StarWarsKnower
                    last edited by 23 Mar 2008, 14:04

                    Hey, just an idea for the next SketchyPhysics, (love the boyancy by the way), could you make it so you make a line and the object attatches itself to that line. You can click and drag it to move along that line. I mean like a slider, except you can make the line bent and curved. Or the same but more like a piston where you can choose how far along the line your object is. Good luck with the next SP, and I hope you take my idea into consideration.
                    Also, my dad is from ImaginationTechnologies, and is working on a 3D chip at the moment, and he loves your work.

                    Thx

                    StarWarsKnower πŸ˜‰

                    Mike

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                      CPhillips
                      last edited by 2 Apr 2008, 02:00

                      Sorry for the delay, I just noticed this post.

                      I would like to do a joint like you describe. It would make a LOT of things possible. I have tried a few times but haven't figured out how to make it yet. Its a bit more complicated than it sounds.

                      Chris

                      @starwarsknower said:

                      Hey, just an idea for the next SketchyPhysics, (love the boyancy by the way), could you make it so you make a line and the object attatches itself to that line. You can click and drag it to move along that line. I mean like a slider, except you can make the line bent and curved. Or the same but more like a piston where you can choose how far along the line your object is. Good luck with the next SP, and I hope you take my idea into consideration.
                      Also, my dad is from ImaginationTechnologies, and is working on a 3D chip at the moment, and he loves your work.

                      Thx

                      StarWarsKnower πŸ˜‰

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                        QS3D
                        last edited by 11 Apr 2008, 01:37

                        Chris, I really like this plugin. I've only used it for a couple of hours though... What is the date of the latest version? Would it (will it) be possible to add animated functions to a model? say you build a tower crane; is there a way to cause it to swing left or right by pushing a key?

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                          CPhillips
                          last edited by 11 Apr 2008, 23:11

                          @qs3d said:

                          Chris, I really like this plugin. I've only used it for a couple of hours though... What is the date of the latest version? Would it (will it) be possible to add animated functions to a model? say you build a tower crane; is there a way to cause it to swing left or right by pushing a key?

                          Latest released verions is SketchyPhysics2 beta 1 dated Jan 14. Next version will support keyboard controls.

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                            tacianomm
                            last edited by 24 Jun 2010, 23:17

                            @krisidious said:

                            oh yeah with this ruby you can make a model of our solar system, and then have collisions...

                            That's exactly what I'm trying to do.
                            But how can we simulate the orbit movement?
                            I can't figure out a way to this.
                            Does anyone have any idea?
                            πŸ˜‰

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                              Wacov
                              last edited by 30 Jun 2010, 18:19

                              In the super-experimental version which no-one really uses (SP3X Jun27th), you can set a body's damping. What that means is with gravity set to 0, objects will carry on moving forever unless stopped, so you can create a true orbital motion sim by setting a static 'sun' as a magnet (which actually acts more like a gravitational field), and setting the planetary bodies to magnetic. If you give them motion at the start of the sim, they should fall into orbit πŸ˜„

                              This was shown by one of CPhillip's demos, but I don't know where to find it πŸ˜•

                              Anyway, you can get Jun 27th here: http://sketchyphysics.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:Outbound&f=SketchyPhysicsWiki&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsketchyphysics2.googlecode.com%2Ffiles%2FSetupSketchyPhysics3x-Jun27.exe, but be warned, not many people use it, since you're not supposed to share models made with it on the warehouse.

                              http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=3096a836877fb9af6cd8ad826e9017b8&prevstart=0

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