Gotta Love SketchyPhysics

A model I made in Google Sketchup with SketchyPhysics 3

Its supposed to simulate a building with an object smashing through it. The large white blocks on the top are just extra weight to simulate several more stories above without going over the polygon limit,

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[ccccen]

This goes to show something that some can't grasp about the twin towers in NYC, Phisics show here that they couldn't have gone down as they did...straight down.....think about it as you look at this physical structure..make believe that the ball is a plane...hmmmmmm

[nickanat]

@ccccen First, my simulated building isn't using any fasteners or welded together, its all gravity and disproportional weight. Second, my building isn't built even remotely like WTC 1 and 2. They used trusses to hold up each floor, with a strong exterior and a core in the center of the building. If you could compare my building to anything it would have to be the Empire State Building, which did survive being crashed into by a B-25 medium bomber.

[robertdevald]

Is it easier to make an animation like this on SketchyPhysics then on Blender?

[nickanat]

@robertdevald SketchyPhysics is more for fun than for serious simulations (without a proper rendering engine), so it is considerably easier than Blender.

[nickanat]

From what I have experienced, sketchyphysics has nothing to do with the video card apart from rendering the 3d graphics in sketchup. Any OpenGL card will help rendering speed, but physics speed relies on your cpu speed as well as cache sizes. For instance, before I overclocked my 4400, it wasnt that much faster than my old pentium 4 and nvidia fx5200.

[nickanat]

Well, SketchyPhysics doesnt use nvidia PhysX at all, its all done in software and it inst multithreaded, so it will only use one core. I have an AMD 4400+ X2 64 overclocked to 3.1Ghz and an nvidia 9600gso and it runs great, There are polygon limits and height limits, so try scaling it down. You may need to reinstall sketchyphysics as well.

[mmnissanzroadster9]

I get a bugsplat when I put as many blocks as this person did, why is that and how can I fix it?

[Songsmirth]

@nickanat I'm trying to remember when it was crashed into. The Empire State Building. It's vague but I don't know if that's because I think I should remember or that I remember. I've been on that structure in 1960 or so. I still remember the shock of looking down and seeing dots moving below. Our parents had taken us all over the world going to major tourist traps including the pyrimids in Egypt but this is a clear memory. How did a bomber crash into it please. I cringed to see this vid.

[openairkino]

try blender

[thejacktomo]

1:10 he rewinds like a boss B) nice video keep up the good work :D

[7249xxl]

lol no 911 comments while al the 911 comments a bout conseparny are on vids like this nice builing nice having fun XD

[mrpwnedish]

@kaitoukidkun You have to explode the group first