RoblKyogre / Double-Pendulum

Double-Pendulum

This is a simulation of a double pendulum using the Box2D physics engine.

Using the Program

Controls:

• <Enter>: Reset
• <Space>: Pause
• <Scroll>: Zoom In/Out
• <Left Arrow>: Move Left
• <Right Arrow>: Move Right
• <Up Arrow>: Move Up
• <Down Arrow>: Move Down
• <Escape>: Exit

To set your own starting coordinates, add the coordinates when running the program from a terminal window.

Syntax (Linux Example): ./DoublePendulum x1 y1 x2 y2

This program also generates a .csv file, which can be made into a spreadsheet or graphed.

Dependencies

GLFW

• Automatically downloaded and built with build.sh

Box2D

• Included with the project

Compiling

Linux

• Run build.sh (may require sudo access if it doesn't see GLFW installed)
• The file will be compiled as "DoublePendulum" in the "build" folder
• Running it with 4 additional command arguments will use the numbers given as the starting coordinates (see above)
• The program will generate a data.csv file with the data from the simulation