Posts made by charlessowers

Thanks Anton! That does the trick. Is there a way to re-enable orbit control (middle mouse button) and zoom (mouse wheel) while in game mode?

Hello Anton,

Thanks for the plugin and thank you for considering my question.

An onClick sounds like a great possibility, but I am not sure how to use it. I tried this script applied to a picket...

# Triggered when simulation starts
onStart {
    @force = 45
}

# triggered when body is clicked
onClick {|point|
  fx =  @force
  this.add_force(fx, 0, 0)
}

But it didn't work. maybe it needs time for the force to be applied after the click? Maybe it should be a torque? Maybe it should set the start angle of the spring hinge? Not sure if onClick always applies to the thing clicked (this)?

Hello, I am working on a project to create a long torsion wave as an interactive artwork on a bridge. I have been able to simulate the wave behavior in MSPhysics. I am psyched for that but now I would like to simulate the interaction which will be driven by sensors controlling motors that will pull the pendulum top in towards the bridge when a person breaks an IR beam. I'd like to be able to click on one of the pendulums and have it move in at a user defined rate and then release and swing freely. Is there a way to do this? I have seen something in the API called onLButtonDown but also best_picked in the sketchup API but I am not really a programmer and am not sure how to put these together if they are even appropriate. Might someone be able to help? or at least suggest an approach?

BrigdeHandRailPendulum5.skp