Filling a Space with Components.

[David_H]

Here's one for the gurus. . .
Im drawing a Lottery ball pin and want to fill it with ping pong balls, but I am not sure how to fill the bin with the balls in a random like way. I am not good with Compo Spray. But that is the first thing I thought of to use, and I am just not good with it. It kept asking me if I wanted to go ahead and add 8000 copies. . ..

uh. . .NO.

I need about 50 or so inside the bin. as you can see I am trying to find an easy way to give this a random look. Right now I just have them all lined up. dumb.

See image below. Any ideas?

thx,

David

bin.png

[Dave R]

I'm not really up on Sketchy Physics but I wonder if it might be the way to go. Could you put a temporary opening on the top of the basket and set the balls up to drop into it when you say, "Go?"

[David_H]

That would be terrific except for one little hiccup. I havent even looked at SuPhy in about 4 years. I wouldnt know how to begin.

thanks for the thought tho.

D

[Dave R]

Sorry I can't tell you where to begin either. You might pose your question on the Sketchy Physics forum, though. One of those rocket scientists will probably have the answer for you.

[David_H]

good point, and therefore I shall do just that.

Thx

D

ps if anyone else has any thoughts on this. . please chime in

D

[Rich O Brien]

https://sites.google.com/site/sketchyph ... ial/basics

[David_H]

Hey Hey! Thanks Rich. I'll check this out.

D

[fransko]

look like this?

[David_H]

Not exactly . . .but thanks for the effort / response.

I think my image above was misleading. What I need is to show this bin (Image A) filled with ping pong balls like image B. I am just not sure how to make this happen in a fairly natural random way. . .

bin 1.jpg

bin 2.png

[Dave R]

Did Sketchy Physics not work for this?

[Rich O Brien]

A few years back I did something similar with spray cans dropping out of a box.

It works fine if you use the earlier link as a base. I'd try again except I don't have it installed.

[Pilou]

You can use that (file linked)
Take any number of Spheres you want (groups or components) at any place above the SkateRamp
Launch Sketchyphysics
Make a Pause at any time you want
Open the Outliner
Select Spheres inside the Oultliner else the animation go to the start!!!
Copy / Past balls in your project

During the animation you can take and move any ball !
If you want another curvated form blocks : just make 2 separated blocks A & B! (groups or components)
StaticMesh / Convexhull

Have fun

PS And if you want more sophisticated balls with Number : use the very tricky
Relplace random Component by Sdmitch

balls.jpg

balls1.jpg

[David_H]

I guess I didn't understand that the attached model was a SUPhys model. I guess I am going to have to learn it in order to do what I need to do.

Thanks for the help.

D

[Pilou]

I have replaced the file on the previous post
Groups are now components so you can remplace them at the end by anything you want
Yes you must install SketchyPhysics else nothing will arrive

Even you don't know Sketchyphysics : You have no more to make
Just Press Start and Pause and re read the post above

how.jpg

[David_H]

Merci Mon ami. Je vais le faire!

David

[David_H]

so I downloaded the latest and greatest of SP3 and on the start up I get this. . .

capture.png

and when I press the Play button I get this. . .

Capture 2.PNG

any thoughts?

[Pilou]

Ah damned
I am affraid to say that I don't know why you have this sort of thing

Try to install a previous versions of Su
That I shown was done with a recent version of Sketchyphysics on an old SU 7 version

Another thing : seems Sketchyphics makes some interference with some other plugs
so disable it when you don't use!
I just change the name of its extension ".rb" as ".rbo" in the plugin folder

[David_H]

I was afraid of that. I've only got 1400 Plugins that could be the problem. Should be no problem going through all of them.

[Pilou]

Save somewhere the folder Plugins
Create a new folder Plugins
Install Sketchyphysics
run it
but from you error messages I doubt that will be sufficient

[David_H]

it usually never is--

when it comes to me, but I will give it a try.

Thx,

d

[brookefox]

I'd give component spray a whirl. It is fast and polite. Try it with a simple 3d tick of the same cross dims as your balls, then redefine the component as you wish if it works out.