Real-Time Physics Simulation Forum

this feature is not implemented at the moment, but i was looking into it a while back. it should be possible to force a node refresh which would update the shape data Dynamica uses for a rigid body shape. you would have to go "under the hood" and modify the Dynamica mel scripts (DynamicaUI...

are those meshes or hulls? i have seen this when using the hull rigid body option on concave shapes. try using the mesh option when converting the pieces to rigid bodies.

This might help: http://bulletphysics.org/siggraph2011/michael_siggraph2011.pdf I recommend Dave Greenwood's dg_Voro_py script for voronoi shattering - it's available on creativecrash.com. You can also start with a stack of simple polygon cubes if you want to try out the choreography (activation) to...

These should help: http://bulletphysics.org/mediawiki-1.5.8/index.php/Dynamica_user_manual http://bulletphysics.org/siggraph2011/michael_siggraph2011.pdf It sounds like you are attempting to add a rigid body sim to an existing scene? this is possible, but you will probably have to setup the sim, cle...

have a look at dynamicaUI.mel to see how the DAG is built. it might be possible to force re-evaluation of the node network to provide the control you are after.

when Maya meshes are converted to Dynamica rigid bodies, the out mesh shapes are connected to the rigid shape nodes. you should be able to access the mesh shapes in order to cache the geometry. have a look at the DAG...

These tools have been integrated into Dynamica 2.78. Find it here:

http://code.google.com/p/dynamica/downloads/list

I am unable to reproduce this issue. Can you post more details? OS/Maya version/frame range/...

The installers are in fact archives - decompress and distribute as needed!

compounds not supported yet.

you could use an arbitrarily scaled mesh for now...

the installer does use module files which are config'd based on chosen install dir...not sure why this is not working for you. My test installs (run straight from the downloadable installers) of Dynamica 2.78 for Maya 2008/2009/2010/2011/2012 look like this: winXPx32: C:\Documents and Settings\<user...

sounds ambitious!

Unity/PhysX does support compound shapes...

Dynamica can convert any mesh shapes into rigid bodies. Thus, you can use shatter scripts, cut geometry manually, or use primitive shapes. Properties such as bounciness can be controlled (or keyed) on the rigid body nodes - check the Attribute Editor or Channel Box. Dynamica is a rigid body simulati...

what is the issue with the module? it points to the wrong dir? can you attach it here?

I was able to reproduce and resolve the problem. overwrite the installed script file "dynamicaUI.mel" with the version attached here. Find it under /DynamicaBullet2.78/scripts/.

If it works, I will update the code base.

Thanks.