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[Bruno Chareyre <bruno.chareyre@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,
Flat ends cylinders have to be implemented in c++.
Please use the question feature of launchpad Osman for future questions:
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Bruno

On 19/01/12 00:45, osman buyukisik wrote:
> Hello,
> I have an ubuntu 11.10 x86_64  and just put yade-daily on it. I would
> like to do a dynamic simulation of a roller bearing running at a
> certain rotational speed (inner race).
>
> I see that cylinder is one of the shapes supported. But when I create
> one it looks like it is capped with spheres. Is there a way to model
> rollers which are plain cylinders with flat ends?
> The manual mentions that cylinders are minkowsky sum of line and
> sphere, and to my limited mind, this implies spherical ends.
>
> But I don't see interactions between cylinders , only chained cylinders.
> Building a bearing going to possible without going into c++ just
> inside  the python interface?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Osman
>
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