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, standard = , AsOf = Scythe is a free software physics modeling program. It allows the merging of physics and graphics content in one package. It provides native support for modeling the
rigid body In physics, a rigid body (also known as a rigid object) is a solid body in which deformation is zero or so small it can be neglected. The distance between any two given points on a rigid body remains constant in time regardless of external fo ...
physics for the Newton Game Dynamics, the Open Dynamics Engine and PhysX engine. The
Physics Abstraction Layer The Physics Abstraction Layer (PAL) is an open-source cross-platform physical simulation API abstraction system. It is similar to a physics engine wrapper, however it is far more flexible providing extended abilities. PAL is free software, relea ...
also provides support for the Scythe format.


History

The Scythe Physics Editor was first developed as closed source software in 2006. It was released as
open source software Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose. Op ...
with a
GNU General Public License The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a series of widely used free software licenses that guarantee end user In product development, an end user (sometimes end-user) is a person who ultimately uses or is intended to ulti ...
in September 2007, after the developers decided to focus activities on a new game.


Features

* Allows artists to control the physics environment * Character and ragdoll editor * Supports multiple physics engines * Can create concave hulls for objects


See also

* COLLADA, a COLLAborative Design Activity for establishing an interchange file format for interactive 3D applications, also features physics supports. *
Physics Abstraction Layer The Physics Abstraction Layer (PAL) is an open-source cross-platform physical simulation API abstraction system. It is similar to a physics engine wrapper, however it is far more flexible providing extended abilities. PAL is free software, relea ...
, a physics engine abstraction system to provide a uniform programming interface to multiple physics engines.


External links


Sourceforge page
2007 software 3D graphics software