[ODE] Picking objects

Olivier Parisy parisy at labri.fr
Sun Jun 27 15:56:12 MST 2004


Shaul Kedem wrote:
> Hi,
>  I've done that once.
> 
>  To pick up stuff, use the opengl (if you use opengl)
> to find the object,

Yes, that's written already.

>  To move stuff I'd suggest applying force to it in the
> opposite direction, you can base how much force you
> need to apply on the mass multiplied by some constant,

I see. Do you scale the force with respect to the distance
between the expected and real position ? Do you compute
the constant taking into account the picked object's mass ?

And, did you get any nasty oscillations ? It's my personal
plague...

Best regards,
Olivier.


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