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. Cheers, f --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
