[ODE] joint friction

[Max Lungarella]

thank you very much for the hint. i'll give it a try right away.

keep up the good work!
max


> friction can be applied to ball and socket joints using the amotor joint -
> again setting fmax=something and vel=0 for the three axes. note that this
> is not as general as for the hinge and slider joints - for three free axes
> there are many ways to derive three (or one or two) friction forces to get
> various effects. the amotor joint will implement friction as though there
> were three hinge-type linkages connecting the two bodies - but this
> is different from what you would get if there was an actual ball fitting
> into an actual socket, for example.
> 
> russ.
> 
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> Russ Smith
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