[ODE] Convex Geometry

[Pierre Renaux]

Did you try to lower the number of updates per seconds (say 60 per 
seconds) ?

Five hundreds sounds like a lot... Also what kind of application is it ?

Thanks,
- Pierre

>Surprisingly, one contact point is enough for our application. I
>actually thought that this would be the major obstacle, however it is
>not.
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>Here's my interpretation: If two objects collide, that will take place
>over 1/10 of a second. Since collision detection runs 500 cycles per
>second, I get 50 penetration depth vectors. That's a lot of
>information to work with.
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>But that's only guessing. Fact is, collision detection and handling works well.
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>Harald
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>On 4/13/05, Pierre Renaux <prenaux at alias25.org> wrote:
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>>Hi,
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>>If you got only a penetration depth how to you convert that to the
>>several contact points required by ODE ? Or is that enought to convert
>>to one contact point ?
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>>- Pierre
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>>>I have combined ODE with SOLID, which uses GJK. It works perfectly
>>>well, although I have only the pentration depth to work with.
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>>>A convex object is a convex set. And a convex set is defined as
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>>>B is a convex set <=> for every x,y in B and any s in [0,1] it is true
>>>that z = s*x + (1-s)*y is in B.
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>>>Or in words: A set is convex if for any two points in the set the line
>>>connecting the two points is also contained in the set.
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>>>I don't know if there is such a thing as a concave set.
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>>>Harald
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>>>On Apr 12, 2005 7:24 PM, Jeffrey Smith <jeffreys at softimage.com> wrote:
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>>>>Stephen say wrote:
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>>>>>Just wondering if anyone has ever experiemented using a trimesh to simulate
>>>>>a convex geometry (like a bucket for example).
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>>>>A bucket is actually conCAVE. Convex objects are locally spherical everywhere
>>>>(i.e. no cavities, dips or valleys).
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>>>>But to answer your question, trimesh vs. primitive collisions are relatively stable,
>>>>but trimesh/trimesh collisions remain problematic.  An implementation of GJK/EPA
>>>>would fit well into ODE, if you're looking for a "fun" project.
>>>>
>>>>-jeff
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