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== Physics Models == | == Physics Models == | ||
Imagine you built a simulator so that when you added weight to the climber, the ribbon dimensions got bigger. If a spreadsheet created calculations that boiled down to simple algebraic formulas, those could be put into a video game. If someone improves the spreadsheet, they can swap in a different algebraic constant. | |||
Imagine you built a simulator so that when you added weight to the climber, the ribbon dimensions got bigger. If a spreadsheet created calculations that boiled down to simple algebraic formulas, those could be put into a video game.If someone improves the spreadsheet, they can swap in a different algebraic constant. | |||
Dynamics, basic principles relationships, materials properties,... | Dynamics, basic principles relationships, materials properties,... | ||
[[Codebase_Analysis#Physics_Engines]] | [[Codebase_Analysis#Physics_Engines]] | ||
== Spreadsheets == | == Spreadsheets == | ||
Ribbon dimensions, performance trade-offs, overall interactions matrix. | Ribbon dimensions, performance trade-offs, overall interactions matrix. | ||
== 3-D Design Files == | == 3-D Design Files == | ||
We will use the Collada format which is open, XML, has 3-D and physics capabilities. | |||
Collada introduction: http://keithcu.com/cgi-bin/hg.cgi?raw-file/6bcb243bfc7d/docs/COLLADA.odp | Collada introduction: http://keithcu.com/cgi-bin/hg.cgi?raw-file/6bcb243bfc7d/docs/COLLADA.odp | ||
== Blender == | == Blender == | ||
A little hard to get into, but extremely powerful and it has some physics simulation capabilities built in and supports Collada. | |||
Complete tutorial: http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521/lib/54223045235521/BlenderBasics2.42a.pdf | Complete tutorial: http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521/lib/54223045235521/BlenderBasics2.42a.pdf | ||
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FEA: | FEA: | ||
http://www.fenics.org/wiki/FEniCS_Project | http://www.fenics.org/wiki/FEniCS_Project | ||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_finite_element_software_packages | |||
Matlab: | Matlab-type: | ||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Octave | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Octave | ||
Revision as of 07:33, 7 July 2008
Simulation and Engineering Software
Physics Models
Imagine you built a simulator so that when you added weight to the climber, the ribbon dimensions got bigger. If a spreadsheet created calculations that boiled down to simple algebraic formulas, those could be put into a video game. If someone improves the spreadsheet, they can swap in a different algebraic constant.
Dynamics, basic principles relationships, materials properties,... Codebase_Analysis#Physics_Engines
Spreadsheets
Ribbon dimensions, performance trade-offs, overall interactions matrix.
3-D Design Files
We will use the Collada format which is open, XML, has 3-D and physics capabilities. Collada introduction: http://keithcu.com/cgi-bin/hg.cgi?raw-file/6bcb243bfc7d/docs/COLLADA.odp
Blender
A little hard to get into, but extremely powerful and it has some physics simulation capabilities built in and supports Collada. Complete tutorial: http://www.cdschools.org/54223045235521/lib/54223045235521/BlenderBasics2.42a.pdf
http://www.blender.org/education-help/tutorials/tutorial-folder/blender-user-interface-tutorial/
http://www.blender.org/education-help/tutorials/#c836
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro
Other Software
NASA's free code: http://opensource.arc.nasa.gov/
FEA: http://www.fenics.org/wiki/FEniCS_Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_finite_element_software_packages
Matlab-type: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Octave
