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[e-mail] said:

>Feel free to ask any questions you may have about Impact!...

   Here's one:

   Do you think Impact! (you're right, that exclamation point is
rather annoying) could do a simulation of a Trebuchet?

   [ Aside on what the hell is a Trebuchet:  Ancient siege weapon used
to hurl rocks, large rocks, corpses and various farm animals (and
recently pianos and small cars) long distances.
   Interesting article in July Scientific American about 'em.]

   I'd guess that a simulation would require accounting for friction
and centrifugal force in addition to mass and gravity.
   It would also be neccessary to simulate a rope. (Perhaps a string
of short cylinders hinged end-to-end?)
   As a simpler example, can Impact! assign a fixed point of rotation
to an object, like the board on a see-saw?

   I was just thinking that animations of space warfare have been
overdone... Maybe some medieval warfare would be a nice change. :)

   -Jim

James G. Jones
Nibbles & Bits
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