Kangaroo

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Kangaroo is a Live Physics engine for interactive simulation, optimization and form-finding directly within Grasshopper.

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Wall mount simulation...nail surface & simulate gravity

by Florian Bendl

Jan 4, 2015

Hi all,

I´m trying to simulate the behavior of a planar irregular surface (for example a weirdly shaped wall clock) when fixing/nailing it at a point and gravity is applied. This way I want to find out where I can mount a wall fixture so that my shape hangs the way I intended it to.

Could anyone help me to get the simulation working? So far I only got the entire mesh to fall down instead of rotating around the fixed point.

Thanks in advance for you help,

Florian

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    Florian Bendl

    Forgot to mention...uniform material density can be assumed.

    Regards,

    Florian

    Jan 4, 2015

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      Daniel Piker

      Hi Florian,

      I don't think there is actually any need for a simulation here.

      Couldn't you get the line from your nail to the centre of mass (in Grasshopper Surface>Analysis>Area), then rotate about the nail so this is vertical?

      Daniel

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      Jan 11, 2015