My Rubik's Cube model

Ecuadorian

Hi, it's a plug-in called Sketchy Physics. There's a whole sub-forum about it here in SketchUcation:
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewforum.php?f=61

Kus

TY... I googled for a Mac version, but could not find it... is there such a thing??

jeff hammond

@kus said:

well... keep in mind that I am on a Mac... and I think, that IrfanView is PC only

try seashore:

http://seashore.sourceforge.net/index.php

it's based on gimp but doesn't require X11... it's simpler than gimp too but it will do the overlays that these guys are talking about.

[EDIT] and here's the link to download the latest version of sketchyphysics for mac..

http://sketchyphysics2.googlecode.com/files/SketchyPhysics3RC1-MacAndWin-Fixed.zip

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Kus

hey... when I try and play the SletchyPhysics the cube automatically deforms. Can anyone tell me why??

Ecuadorian

Do you have intersecting objects? I think you'd have better luck making Sketchy Physics ignore the little plastic pieces that keep the cubelets together. This way the cube should stay together until it hits the ground or another static object.

Kus

ye... that is it... 1 more thing... I made the center piece 1 component. But when it hits the floor it goes half trough. What about that?

Ecuadorian

Mmmm... try making each of the 5 parts of the center piece a separate group, not a component, and then grouping them all together.

Ecuadorian

The simulation should work like this:

[flash=425,344:10eiopeu]http://www.youtube.com/v/JxCEmqnvD2Y[/flash:10eiopeu]

Kus

Nice video!!! well... i have done all that, but when I press play it is still deformed

can you maybe send me the model that you have made??

Ecuadorian

Sure, I did it in Sketchy Physics 1, not sure if it will work if you have another version installed.

I used WinRAR to compress it because the ZIP file was almost twice the size.

If you don't have WinRAR installed,
http://download.cnet.com/WinRAR/3000-2250_4-10007677.html

rubik_crash010.rar

Ecuadorian

By the way, this is a really nice introduction to SketchyPhysics:
http://sketchyphysicstutorial.googlepages.com/

And don't forget to visit the SP sub-forum. Lots of SP geniuses over there. I'm almost as new as you to Sketchy Physics.

jeff hammond

unrarX is great with .rar files on macs..

http://www.unrarx.com/

(winrar doesn't work)

BTM

...That, or export to jpg, and find a program that can put them all into a video. (I still can't find one...)

Kus

I downloaded a MacRar... or something... well I am getting the hang of this, but I don't know why I cant export it into a video. The options I get are: Skp, Png and Jpg...

How did you get it into a video?? Maybe with a screen cam??

PS: I spotted another problem... because the small pieces on the Cubies are set to Ignore, when they hit the ground, they go strait trough... What can I do about that??

Kus

I didn't find any program like that. The animation it self is quite nice. That plugin ROCKS

Ecuadorian

@kus said:

How did you get it into a video?? Maybe with a screen cam??
PS: I spotted another problem... because the small pieces on the Cubies are set to Ignore, when they hit the ground, they go strait trough... What can I do about that??

I used Camstudio to record the onscreen action.

Yes, there's that problem with the cubelets. As I said, I'm as new as you to SketchyPhysics. Actually, I followed the tutorial a couple days ago just to be able to break this cube. I was using SP1 but I think in SP3 there's something called "breakable joints" that could prove useful in this case.

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