Stickman balance toy

Cool idea. Did you design it so that the parts can move? I'd love to see a video of that once you've had it printed ;-)

Hi,
Yes, the main arm is able to move. I used the volume calculating tool floating about the blenderartist forums to balance the weights so it _should_ balance flat- so if you tap either side, it will rock back and forth for a while.
Thanks for the feedback!

If you can find a way.. You can try out whether it will balance in the Blender Game Engine, just turn it on Dynamic objects and see if it works - However I'm not sure the pivot will work that well, so it might not be too accurate.

Hi,
That's a good idea- unfortunately I lack the experience with the game engine to make it work. When I set it up as a dynamic object it either sits still a bit above where it should be or warps out of the system... although I could send you the blend file if you want to have a play?
Also, I'm not sure how the gameengine handles the masses of hollow objects.. :/
Ben

I'm not experienced with the GameEngine either - I think that would require python scripting to work because when I tried it out the objects flew off into the distance - I'm guessing the game engine can't handle pivots that well.. However you could mock up something similar - try putting a plane on top of a triangle with the same dimensions and put the stickman and bender symbol on either side and see if that works - that should at least give you an idea whether it will balance

Yes, in fact even in the better cases, Blender game engine physics use a convex hull around the object : so holes can not work. There is an option in the Game menu "Show Physics Visualization" helps for understanding issues with collision detection and physics.