Hi I did have a look into dynamic cloth however, we have our own dynamic code that uses flexure formula of beams to determine the shape. Thus all I need is to display the shape visually.
Do you know of any open source version of cloth dynamics that I can look at, as to how to do the visuals. Thanks Tristan On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 10:07 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A realtively simple way is to use a spring system. Have each edge > represent a spring and through the magic of Hook's law you'll get a > deformable object. Now, naturally it's not quite as simple as that, one of > the problems being that spring/mass systems can blow up when numerical > accuracy becomes a problem. > There's plenty of stuff on t'interweb about it; it's related to cloth > dynamics. > > John Donovan > Sony Computer Entertainment Europe > http://www.scee.com > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 08/12/2006 09:23:24: > > > Hi OSG Users > > > > I'm trying to graphically model an exaggerated deformable non-rigid > > body. At the moment my deformable body is just a rod that I'm trying to > > bend kind of like modeling a slinky spring. > > > > My current method is to segment the rod and then displace each segment > > according to an equation. However this gives the rod a very rough > > surface due to the staggering of the segments without including a > > rotation. > > > > I was wondering if anyone knows of a better way to model a deformable > > body that changes with time? > > > > Thanks > > Tristan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osg-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://openscenegraph.net/mailman/listinfo/osg-users > > http://www.openscenegraph.org/ > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This footnote also confirms that this email message has been checked > for all known viruses. > > ********************************************************************** > Sony Computer Entertainment Europe > > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://openscenegraph.net/mailman/listinfo/osg-users > http://www.openscenegraph.org/ _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list [email protected] http://openscenegraph.net/mailman/listinfo/osg-users http://www.openscenegraph.org/
