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Simulate rigid bodies.

Dominoes, wrecking balls, bowling pins and walls that shatter.

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Things to make
a ball smashing through a wall of glued pieces
01

Drop a row of balls

Same drop, different bounce, from dead to rubbery.

  1. Drop five balls from different heights.
  2. Give each its own bounce.
  3. Watch them settle.
PhysicsBody→PhysicsGround→PhysicsWorld→PhysicsExtractTransforms
five balls dropped side by side, each bouncing its own way
02

Topple dominoes

Thirty dominoes and one push.

  1. Line them up along a curve.
  2. Push the first one.
  3. Watch the chain go.
PhysicsBody→PhysicsImpulse→PhysicsWorld
thirty painted dominoes toppling one after another along an S curve, down to the last one
03

Swing a wrecking ball

A heavy ball on a cable, into a wall of bricks.

  1. Hang the ball from an anchor.
  2. Stack the bricks.
  3. Pull it back and let go.
PhysicsBody→PhysicsConstraint→PhysicsWorld
a steel ball swinging down on its cable and bursting through a brick wall, the bricks tumbling across the floor
04

Bowl a strike

Ten pins, one ball, one push.

  1. Set up the pins.
  2. Push the ball down the lane.
  3. Change the angle and try again.
PhysicsBody→PhysicsImpulse→PhysicsWorld
a glossy ball rolling down a maple lane into the pocket, all ten pins scattering in slow motion
05

Shatter a wall

Glued pieces that hold until something hits them hard enough.

  1. Break the wall into pieces.
  2. Glue the pieces together.
  3. Throw a light ball at it, then roll a heavy one.
3DGeoVoronoiFracture→PhysicsBodiesFromPieces→PhysicsGlueConstraint→PhysicsWorld
a light rubber ball bouncing off a glued concrete wall, then a heavy iron ball rolling into its foot as the glue lets go piece by piece
06

Build a spinning machine

A hinge that turns on its own, at the speed you set.

  1. Hinge a rod to a post.
  2. Put a motor on the hinge.
  3. Set the speed, or control it from a knob.
PhysicsBody→PhysicsMotor→PhysicsWorld
a motor turning an arm on a hinge, batting falling balls away
Take it further

It all connects.

Every part of Kinematic works with the others. Wire one into the next.

Simulate

Splash into water

Rigid bodies and liquid push each other.

PhysicsWorld→3DGeoFlipRbdFeedback
Show me →Play

Catch the kick

Every hit fires a trigger you can count or cue.

AudioOnsetDetect→Counter
Show me →Perform

Read hand gestures

Thumbs up, open palm, fist. Each one is a trigger.

VideoCaptureInterface→LocalAIImageToHandGestures
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