[ODE] Looped systems

[Adam D. Moss]

Henri Hakl wrote:
> Uhm... sorry to express my ingratiating lack of insight... but does ODE 
> support looped articulated systems? In other words can object A be 
> joined to object B which is joined to object C which in turn is 
> connected to object A again?

In principle, ODE copes just fine.  (Though, your specific
example of three joints might have stability problems
depending on the joint types and parameters; more joints
forming wider loops will likely have less trouble.)

--Adam
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