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19 Jul 2024 01:01:37 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Pool ball pyramid (was None :-) (MPG, 576KB)  
From: Fernando Gonzalez del Cueto
Date: 18 Oct 2003 14:02:31
Message: <3f918037$1@news.povray.org>
Cool... I liked how you managed to simulate correctly the rotation of the
balls.

Fernando


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> 55 pool balls neatly stacked in the shape of a pyramid.  The pool balls

use
> them here for the fun of it.
>
> Was messing around with ball pyramids earlier and it revealed another bug
> in my code.  When lots of balls were stacked, the system was getting
> jittery and the balls appeared nervous.  I'm pretty sure I've fixed that
> now.  The pool balls are 57 mm in diameter and the gravity is good, but I
> think the ball to ball friction coefficient is more than it should be in
> this case.  But it keeps the pyramid alive for a tiny bit longer :-).
>
> Hope I'm not boring people or wasting space on this server with my tests.
> They amuse me, so I figure they may amuse others.
>
>


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