Roller Coaster simulation - Access to forces?

Hello again,

Is it possible to somehow read the velocity and applied forces of the simulation particles from the ParticlesOut output of Kangaroo? Or is it only the point location that is accessible?

I'm trying to make sure my roller coaster doesn't kill the riders with too high g-forces and get some hints to where to put supports.

This is not what I aim for: euthanasia coaster

/Ola Jaensson

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Permalink Reply by Ola Jaensson on September 23, 2013 at 3:34am

I suppose it's not possible, then.

Any other way to access more properties of the particles in mid-simulation?

/Ola Jaensson

Permalink Reply by Daniel Piker on September 23, 2013 at 4:15am

Hi Ola,

I've added a way to get per-particle forces - it will be in the next released version

Permalink Reply by Ola Jaensson on September 23, 2013 at 8:29am

Hi Daniel,

Ok. Thanks. I'm looking forward to the next release.

Now, I'm using three consecutive simulation passes at the moment, trying to extract momentum and g-force directions that way. Not sure I'm doing it right, but it seems to make sense.

/Ola Jaensson

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