Opened 12 years ago

Closed 10 years ago

#3686 closed enhancement (fixed)

track objects in Physics

Reported by: walter Owned by: garycmartin
Priority: Unspecified by Maintainer Milestone: Unspecified
Component: Physics Version: Git as of bugdate
Severity: Unspecified Keywords:
Cc: forster Distribution/OS: Unspecified
Bug Status: Unconfirmed

Description

In discussion with some teachers last week, we thought it could be very useful to be able to expose data regarding position and time of selected objects in a Physics (box2d) model. Either capture these data for display in another program, such as Simple Graph or Turtle Art, or allow them to be displayed, perhaps in a secondary toolbar. Especially in light of the ability to build more precision constructions with tools like Turtle Art, there is an opportunity to engage in more sophisticated modelling and simulation, which would be greatly enhanced if Physics would "show me the data".

Have not yet looked at the code to determine where we would need to intervene.

Change History (2)

comment:1 Changed 12 years ago by garycmartin

Thanks for the feature request. I've been looking in to landing some past patch efforts that allow objects to trace paths onto the canvas, this feature request seems like a natural extension to that future feature. I'll keep it in mind when I work on the re-design!

comment:2 Changed 10 years ago by walter

  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from new to closed

Added in Physics 12

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