[ODE] why wheel as sphere ?

[Michael Rauh]

Just try driving around on a TriMesh with cylinders. If you get happy
with the behaviour, you can of course use them :-)

Greets
Michael


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:18:11 +0200, Nicola Lugato
<nicola.lugato at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi! I'm new to this list :)
> I'm trying ODE and it seems a great library!
> I've a question: why car simulation always uses sphere as wheel? why
> not cylinders, that is the right shape?
> Are there other cases where it is better to use a geom that is
> different from the real shape ?
> 
> Thanks!
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