Recently I was thinking about simulating wings. It think it is possible to script (in SP3x) a "wing". It would be an object that would use its past and current position,rotation and speed to figure out angle of attack. Once you have that you could easily figure out lift and drag and use push() to make it act something like a real wing. Connect to a body with a thruster and you get a plane. Connect them with servos and you could make ailerons and rudder.

In theory.

@wacov said:

@unknownuser said:

Never really got back to this one: Are we going to be able to set an object's scripting from an external source code?(ie setting an emitted object to explode on impact.)

Any SU ruby would work, ao you might be able to load an external .rb file as an ontick func, or whatever. But you don't need that to do what you're asking, as Jav has shown; and anything that SU can detect can be acted upon.
Hi everyone. Sorry I have been quiet lately. Been taking some time off and enjoying the summer.

I think it is possible to set events externally with this version. I know the the syntax is a bit weird and I plan to clean it up.

Create a good sized cone and put this in its scripted field.

b=copy
b._setEvent("ontick",
<<CODE
   push([0,0,1])#go forward
   if(frame>50)
      destroy #die after 50.
   end
CODE
)

The cone will copy itself and then set the "ontick" event in the copy.

I tried to make an example that uses "ontouch" but it didnt work for some reason. I will have to debug it.

Check out Firebug lite.

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It works for IE and Safari. All you have to do to debug your Webdialogs is add this line to your HTML:

<script type='text/javascript' src='http://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/1.2/firebug-lite-compressed.js'></script>

Post the code and I'll have a look. It might be the face.mesh(1). I think you need to use a different number when you want back uv's as well.

@tig said:

@cphillips said:

I needed the triangulation to prepare a model for export.

Thanks for incorporating it into your script TIG! Why is it that back facing UV's didn't work?

There is only a method to 'place material textures on a face' - and that assumes a 'front_face' - there's no 'back_face' method...

Do you mean position_material? It takes a bool for front or back material

http://code.google.com/apis/sketchup/docs/ourdoc/face.html#position_material

I needed the triangulation to prepare a model for export.

Thanks for incorporating it into your script TIG! Why is it that back facing UV's didn't work?

I finally figured out how to triangulate any face without the side effect of filling holes.

def triangulateFace(face)
    mesh=face.mesh(1)
    faces=mesh.polygons
    verts=mesh.points
    uvs=mesh.uvs(true)
    outmesh = Geom;;PolygonMesh.new
    faces.each{|f|
        outmesh.add_polygon(verts[f[0].abs-1],verts[f[1].abs-1],verts[f[2].abs-1])
    }
    ents=Sketchup.active_model.active_entities
    mat=face.material
    face.erase!
    grp = ents.add_group
    grp.entities.add_faces_from_mesh(outmesh)
    grp.entities.each{|e|
        if(e.class==Sketchup;;Edge)
            e.smooth=false
            e.soft=false            
        elsif(e.class==Sketchup;;Face && mat!=nil)
               #handle materials and uvs.
            uva=verts.index(e.vertices[0].position)
            uvb=verts.index(e.vertices[1].position)
            uvc=verts.index(e.vertices[2].position)
            e.material=mat
            e.position_material(mat,[verts[uva],uvs[uva],verts[uvb],uvs[uvb],verts[uvc],uvs[uvc]],true)
        end
    }
    grp.explode
end

Here is the method I use:

def triangulateFace(face)
    ents=Sketchup.active_model.active_entities
    faces=face.mesh.polygons
    verts=face.mesh.points
    faces.each{|f|
        ents.add_line(verts[f[0].abs-1],verts[f[1].abs-1])
        ents.add_line(verts[f[1].abs-1],verts[f[2].abs-1])
        ents.add_line(verts[f[2].abs-1],verts[f[0].abs-1])
    }       
end

The nice thing is it cant fail to triangulate regardless of the shape or number of holes. But it unfortunately adds faces to the "holes". Or rather Sketchup does. Does anyone a way to add an edge without Sketchup attempting the "heal" the face?

@javixp said:

@wacov said:

If you mean give it a velocity, sure

Can you increase my FPS then?

It sounds pretty cool. Can you upload another .skp model to see if it runs faster?

You might want to check your video settings and make sure that you have Hardware acceleration turned on. Also maybe update your video drivers.

Look for the tutorial in the sticky posts at the top of the forums. There you will also find links to the wiki and other information.

Probably. But I need more info on how the object is expected to move. Can you give a better description or maybe a image?

Open up the ruby console and see if it is printing any errors.

Its like snow. Nice model BTM!

Wacov that is the best rundown I have seen. I like the "simulation cry" bit.

Here is another useful script. It allows scripts to print text to the screen. In this case a log of whatever touches the floor.

   #add blank text to screen at 10,50
@@log=SketchyPhysics;;addWatermarkText(10,50,"")
   #place to store lines
@@lines=[]

ontouch{|t,s,p|
      #add new line
   @@lines.push(t.name+" touched "+self.name)

      #ensure only 5 lines on screen at once.
   @@lines.shift if @@lines.length>5
      #display lines
   @@log.text=@@lines.join("\n")

}

onend{
   @@log.erase!
   @@lines=nil
}

logging.skp

I removed double click = kick because it was seldom used and interfering with the new events.

Wow! BTM that is truly amazing. It looks like that BMW commercial. The script is much simpler than I expected.

This script is inspired by a new model on 3dwarehouse that ran really smooth... once I turned off shadows and edges.

Paste this into one objects scripted field. It tries to speed up the rendering by disabling shadows and edges during the simulation. Don't worry if you dont understand it. It should be plug and play.

onstart{
      #save current settings
   ropts=Sketchup.active_model.rendering_options
   sopts=Sketchup.active_model.shadow_info
   @saveROpts=ropts.collect{|k,v|[k,v]}
   @saveSOpts=sopts.collect{|k,v|[k,v]}

      #changes to speed up render
   ropts["EdgeDisplayMode"]=0
   sopts["DisplayShadows"]=false

}
onend{
      #restore render settings.
   @saveROpts.each{|k,v|; Sketchup.active_model.rendering_options[k]=v}
   @saveSOpts.each{|k,v|; Sketchup.active_model.shadow_info[k]=v}
}

Original model. http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=3107b3d9c4c935b2b006aed51312d6bb&prevstart=0

@wacov said:

Chris, it seems if there's a script error in onend, objects fail to move back to their starting positions... and it can't be undone Try sticking jargon in onend, and see for yourself.

Thanks. I fixed it.

I was going to do an example for split, but it turns out there are some more bugs with it. It wont work in "onstart" for example. use this instead:

ontick{
   if(frame==1)
      split(self,2)#break into 4 pieces 
      ontick{} #disable ontick
   end
}