Controlled movement

[immibis]

Does anyone know of a mechanism that can move something exactly a certain distance (like 1 metre) in Algodoo?

Preferably without Thyme.

[Rhett97]

Lol the grid??? Besides that only thing i can think of is maybe something that will make objects snap to the grid throught thme..

[immibis]

I meant...
Say I have a car and I want it to move exactly one metre forwards or backwards.
How would I do that?

[Rhett97]

uhm....i dont think there is a way to make things stop at an exact point wuthout thyme

[immibis]

Oh ok then.
How would you do it with Thyme?

[gradyfitz]

Does anyone know of a mechanism that can move something exactly a certain distance (like 1 metre) in Algodoo?

Preferably without Thyme.

Wouldn't a piston with a box on it do that?

Piston to push a car 1 metre

gradyfitz

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(I just did this quickly, because it's just an example, if you actually build it yourself, you could make a few modifications to make it look better). If you wanted to, you could place a cage around (updated the scene while writing this post with a cage-like structure, and setting it up so the piston only does one rotation before stopping).

There are lots of other ways to do it, but this may be the simplest .

[immibis]

Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

I want to have this vehicle move a set distance repeatedly when triggered (once per trigger), and which is triggered by something that could have come from another mechanism, like a laser or a rod moving. The mechanism must be able to move with the vehicle.

[gradyfitz]

Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

I want to have this vehicle move a set distance repeatedly when triggered (once per trigger), and which is triggered by something that could have come from another mechanism, like a laser or a rod moving. The mechanism must be able to move with the vehicle.

I've edited the old scene and added the system you requested, it works by stopping the circle from moving until you press enter, when you press enter, the restriction is released, this is how a lot of sequenced guns work.

Piston to push a car 1 metre

gradyfitz

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Hopefully this is what you want.

[immibis]

Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

I want to have this vehicle move a set distance repeatedly when triggered (once per trigger), and which is triggered by something that could have come from another mechanism, like a laser or a rod moving. The mechanism must be able to move with the vehicle.

I've edited the old scene and added the system you requested, it works by stopping the circle from moving until you press enter, when you press enter, the restriction is released, this is how a lot of sequenced guns work.

Piston to push a car 1 metre

gradyfitz

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Hopefully this is what you want.

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The mechanism must be able to move with the vehicle

Also, it didn't wait for me to press enter anyway. Also the signal of pressing enter couldn't come from another mechanism. This is to be used in an automated machine.

[gradyfitz]

Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

I want to have this vehicle move a set distance repeatedly when triggered (once per trigger), and which is triggered by something that could have come from another mechanism, like a laser or a rod moving. The mechanism must be able to move with the vehicle.

I've edited the old scene and added the system you requested, it works by stopping the circle from moving until you press enter, when you press enter, the restriction is released, this is how a lot of sequenced guns work.

Piston to push a car 1 metre

gradyfitz

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Filesize: 34.46 kB
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Ratings: 1

Hopefully this is what you want.

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The mechanism must be able to move with the vehicle

It does, I think you may be looking at the wrong place, type:

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Scene.Camera.pan = [8.854734,0.4338217]

into the console.

Also, it didn't wait for me to press enter anyway. Also the signal of pressing enter couldn't come from another mechanism. This is to be used in an automated machine.

You could lower a spinning wheel onto the restricting wheel, achieving what you want, or make a gear that can move the circle, (cut part of it off, which determines how long in between each movement). And if you were using Thyme, you could use a code like:

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motor = {(Sim.time % <x>) < <y>}


Where <x> is the amount in between each movement + <y>.
Where <y> is the amount of time to run.
If you want the other part to be the running time (the time in between each movement) then:

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motor = {! ((Sim.time % <x>) < <y>)}


Hopefully this helps .

[immibis]

Oh, I didn't notice there were 3. Thanks for pointing that out.

[Mr. Universe]

Give the car square wheels with a width of one meter, then have it just move the wheels to the next side.

[CrystalCube]

Give the car square wheels with a width of one meter, then have it just move the wheels to the next side.

you would want considerable friction