Moving sphere on a surface

Hi,

I'm a bit of a novice at this, the task for me to do is, make a sphere move along a surface. But the constraint for it is, the sphere shouldn't move on the surface when there is a sharp curvature on the surface. The curvature should be evaluated at later stage (which i already have a reference from other discussion) Can some one help me on this?..

Thank you.

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on August 26, 2013 at 7:30am

What do you mean "move"? Like, do you want to move the sphere by hand, but only have it move if the curvature allows? Or move based on some parameter (slider?). Or move in some specific direction?

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Tirol, Austria

Permalink Reply by Vinithtk on August 26, 2013 at 9:15am

Sorry for using wrong term, I want a sphere to roll on the surface like a ball (using slider). Herewith attached two images convey what i am trying to explain.

The first image (diagram) shows a sectional diagram which shows a certain angle(to be evaluated) where sphere can roll or not.

The second image(surface) is a an example of surface, the portion marked in red doesn't allow the sphere to roll because of sharp curve.

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