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  Re: MegaPOV Mechsim... ...Breaking connections?  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 15 Sep 2009 10:33:25
Message: <4aafa5b5$1@news.povray.org>
arblick spule schrieb:
> 
> Setup so far is using a 2x2 array of mass points for the "box", followed by four
> sets of "mass objects" connected together to simulate the chain/rope.
> 
> How would one go about simulating the breakage of one chain link?
> 
> (I've tried editing the MechSim file to trick it!  It doesn't get fooled easily)

Why not?

A simple way to do that is accessing the simulation data from the scene 
with the builtin hooks and manually writing out a simulation data file 
using POV-Ray #write without the connection to break and using that as 
input data for the next frame.

Sounds ugly but will probably work.

-- Christoph


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