[ODE] How to make a rolling sphere stop?

[DjArcas]

Another way is through a rolling friction, applied yourself.

It IS in the FAQ, you know... *mutters*

Q How do I stop things from rolling off into infinity, or pendulums from
swinging forever?

A ODE models a universe with frictionless hinges and no rolling friction, so
problems like those are fairly common. The solution is to apply a force to
simulate RollingFrictionOrAerodynamicDrag.

http://q12.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?RollingFrictionOrAerodynamicDrag

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nate W" <coding@natew.com>
To: <ode@q12.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 3:22 AM
Subject: Re: [ODE] How to make a rolling sphere stop?


> On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, game our wrote:
>
> > I created several falling spheres, after some collisions, the spheres
> > keeps rolling forever on the plane. How to make the spheres stop?
> > Should I set somehow set the contact joint with frictions? If yes,
> > How? Thanks a lot.
>
> Contact joints won't do it.  You will need to apply a force (perhaps two
> forces, one linear and one angular) to slow the sphere down.
>
> -- 
>
> Nate Waddoups
> Redmond WA USA
> http://www.natew.com
>
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