[tuhopuu-devel] questions about ODE support and Plug-Ins

[Mal]

Hi Joschka,

> thank you for the quick reply. Unfortunately, it were exactly those 
> advanced ODE features like hinges, and the like that we were hoping to 
> be able to use (for articulated rigid bodies like simulated robots). 


> Well...we'll see, if we can figure it out, we might be able to 
> contribute these things to the blender project (if that would be 
> desirable at all).

This would be great!  As you need a modeller anyway, and because ODE is 
incorporated to some extent, this should be fairly straightforward to 
add in.  As you will be developing it around an actual projects needs, 
you should have a good idea of the needs of the system.  If you can 
integrate ODE for the dynamics, and the SOLID library for the collision 
detection, you should have an excellent core system for building your 
robotic systems.

Good luck!
Mal