[ODE] Exploding Model

[Marty Rabens]

Well, assuming your units are meters, if you drop a human from a height
of 1000 meters, having it explode into pieces sounds pretty realistic to
me.  ;o)

Seriously, though, it sounds like you're just having stability problems,
due to the extreme velocity you likely have at contact.  Read the FAQ
entry for making stable simulations
(http://q12.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MakingStableSimulations).
And you may just need to make your world step size smaller.

Regards,
  Marty Rabens


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ode-bounces at q12.org [mailto:ode-bounces at q12.org] On Behalf Of
> BlackEye0210 BlackEye0210
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 3:37 AM
> To: ODE at q12.org
> Subject: [ODE] Exploding Model
> 
> Hi, I made a model of a human body using 15 segments of boxes and used
> ball
> hinges for the joints. I tried to make if fall from a height of 1000
but
> when it reaches the ground, all of the parts just explodes into
pieces.
> How
> do I avoid that. I have a theory that the engine already can't compute
for
> it since the forced experienced is so extreme.
> 
> Please Help
> 
> Thanks
> 
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