[ODE] Convex Volume Geom

[Nguyen Binh]

I don't really feel like Bullet's implementation has serious numerical
instabilities.
Also, what's your other options? Lin-Canny doesn't work so well, SAP-based
method need alot of special code (I think Novodex uses this approach).
I can live happily with Bullet . I don't know why not many ODE's users used
it though.

On 12/21/05, Rodrigo Hernandez <kwizatz at aeongames.com> wrote:
>
>
> No, I want to stay clear from GJK (any implementation), due to its
> numerical instability,
> perhaps that's an option for the original poster though.
>
> Nguyen Binh wrote:
>
> > You can use
> >
> http://www.continuousphysics.com/Bullet/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=11&sid=fe8071fb3e129323b78b000f65954697
> > <
> http://www.continuousphysics.com/Bullet/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=11&sid=fe8071fb3e129323b78b000f65954697
> >
> >
> > It's GJK and proved working.
> >
> > On 12/21/05, *Rodrigo Hernandez* <kwizatz at aeongames.com
> > <mailto:kwizatz at aeongames.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I am working on that as a personal project, but I am having problems
> >     with convex-convex collision detection,
> >     once I am satisfied with the results I will commit the code to the
> >     UNSTABLE branch, I would commit it as-is if anyone
> >     shows interest in helping out, but I see no use in commiting a half
> >     working solution.
> >
> >     Cheers!
> >
> >     Rodrigo Luque wrote:
> >
> >     >Is there any plan to support convex volume in ODE?
> >     >Actually, I was using TRIMESH but a notice that no collision is
> >     detected
> >     >when a geom is inside the TRIMESH, I mean not intersecting any
> >     triangle of
> >     >the TRIMESH. This is a big problem when using small hi-speed
> >     geoms. This
> >     >problem won't happen in a convex volume because it's easy to find
> >     out if the
> >     >geom is inside or not.
> >     >So, is there any plan?
> >     >
> >     >Thanks,
> >     >
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Binh Nguyen
Computer Science Department
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY, 12180
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