On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Fernando Perez <fperez....@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:14 AM, kstueve <kevin.stu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> An example of the desired functionality is to either with a few lines >> of code from within a Sage worksheet, or by clicking buttons in a >> graphical user interface (GUI) create a physics problem with >> components such as ramps, blocks, balls, pulleys, and springs, and >> processes such as motion (translational or rotational), collisions >> (elastic, inelastic, completely inelastic), and forces (friction, >> gravity, normal forces, driving forces, etc). >> > > You might want to have a look at vpython: > > http://vpython.org/ > > It originated at Carnegie Mellon as a program to teach undergraduate > physics such that with very little code (and critically, no 3d > programming or OpenGL knowledge), one could > > create a physics problem with >> components such as ramps, blocks, balls, pulleys, and springs, and >> processes such as motion (translational or rotational), collisions >> (elastic, inelastic, completely inelastic), and forces (friction, >> gravity, normal forces, driving forces, etc). > > :) > > Even if it doesn't fit precisely your needs, it's probably good > inspiration and has been around for ~ 9 years. I've used it (the old > version) for small demos and it's really nice.
Thanks for pointing that out. So far, I've noticed Kevin is very good at taking existing things and plugging them together. Maybe he could provide an AJAX-style web-based interface to some vpython functionality? William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
