Applying force to a specific point of a body,

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Applying force to a specific point of a body,

Postby Auradrummer » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:27 pm

Hello all,

The things are became very clear here these days. I'm with one doubt:
Can we set a force to a specific point of a body, and make it rotates?
Or we have to calculate the resulting torque bay ourselves?

Thanks.
Developing a racing game.
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Re: Applying force to a specific point of a body,

Postby Aphex » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:38 pm

You need to calc and apply the torque yourself, i.e. CrossProd(force, forcePos-CentreOfMassPos)
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