Fernando Perez 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. >
In Januari I made a very, very experimental spkg for vpython. See: http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/jsp/SPKGS/VPython/ Screenshots: http://picasaweb.google.nl/j.spies88/Vpython?authkey=CFT7gXmyzAA# Jaap --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
