[ODE] Simulating human bodies

[Michal Bacik]

That sounds interesting - I'm just playing with the combination ball +
amotor joints, but the amotor simly does nothing (or I don't know how to set
it correctly). So far I'm missing reason of amotor. I'm setting one axis to
something, and trying to set the angle, but I don't know if I shall
dynamically animate the angle, or set it once only.

Regarding universal joints - they're considerable for corpses, but they've
got too much freedom for such elbows. And you can't set stops on them.

- mb


> You could try the new Universal Joint (ODE 0.35)
>
> or what I'm doing: I'm using a Ball-Joint together with a MotorJoint for a
> "shoulder".
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michal Bacik" <michal@lonelycatgames.com>
> To: "ODE mailing list" <ode@q12.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 6:22 PM
> Subject: [ODE] Simulating human bodies
>
>
> > If someone has done this before, I'd love to learn what are the best
> joints
> > for simulating human (e.g. animating dead corpses).
> >
> > For example joint which connects upper arm with elbow: I'd use
> ball joint,
> > but it has no stops. Or I'd use hinge, but it absolutely limits movement
> in
> > one axis, which is not very realistic.
> >
> > Any suggestion?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Michal