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Simulation of Simulator

Discussion in 'SimTools compatible interfaces' started by value1, Feb 5, 2012.

  1. value1

    value1 Nerd SimAxe Beta Tester SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    My Motion Simulator:
    2DOF, DC motor, JRK, Joyrider
    Does anyone know of a simple yet useful 2D (or 3D) software to simulate the kinematics of a sim platform to optimise/play with the positioning of the motor , lever lengths, movements of the platform, etc.? Google SketchUp doesn't seem to do the job – or at least I was too dumb to figure out how :(
    value1, Feb 5, 2012
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  2. bsft

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    Google sketch does not do it. I have looked myself.
    Dunno of any programs otherwise,
    Can anyone else help?
    bsft, Feb 6, 2012
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  3. pippo978

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    Hello
    With google sketchup you can use the SketchyPhysics plugin http://code.google.com/p/sketchyphysics/. You can find tutorials on its use on YouTube.
    Simulates the physical models created with sketcup, but I do not think you can help a lot in understanding where to place the engines.
    A useful tool would Solidworks, but I do not think there is a free and sleepers is not very easy to use.
    Hope that helps.

    regards
    pippo978, Feb 6, 2012
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  4. yobuddy

    yobuddy Well-Known Member Staff Member Moderator SimAxe Beta Tester SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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  5. eaorobbie

    eaorobbie Well-Known Member SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    My Motion Simulator:
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    Nice find Yobuddy, Downloaded and had a play, sent an email to them looks like we can create our own plugins to us our game groups.

    Just need to add to the pluggin :

    Any plugin should be able to output an UDP packet with the following content:
    typedef struct _MotionPlatformDesignerPacket
    {
    float x_acc; // m/s^2
    float y_acc;

    float z_acc;
    float x_rot_vel; // deg/s
    float y_rot_vel;
    float z_rot_vel;
    }MotionPlatformDesignerPacket;

    The motors can not be transferred to the rear but you can invert your inputs to simulate the inverted x axis.

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    Fly Elise-ng Team

    just a little above my simple programming skill will allow.
    eaorobbie, Feb 7, 2012
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