Chain.

Chain.

One mass is attached to the mouse position and the other is attached the position of the other mass. The gravity in the environment pulls down on both.



Spring2D s1, s2;

float gravity = 9.0;
float mass = 2.0;

void setup() {
  size(640, 360);
  fill(255, 126);
  // Inputs: x, y, mass, gravity
  s1 = new Spring2D(0.0, width/2, mass, gravity);
  s2 = new Spring2D(0.0, width/2, mass, gravity);
}

void draw() {
  background(0);
  s1.update(mouseX, mouseY);
  s1.display(mouseX, mouseY);
  s2.update(s1.x, s1.y);
  s2.display(s1.x, s1.y);
}

class Spring2D {
  float vx, vy; // The x- and y-axis velocities
  float x, y; // The x- and y-coordinates
  float gravity;
  float mass;
  float radius = 30;
  float stiffness = 0.2;
  float damping = 0.7;
  
  Spring2D(float xpos, float ypos, float m, float g) {
    x = xpos;
    y = ypos;
    mass = m;
    gravity = g;
  }
  
  void update(float targetX, float targetY) {
    float forceX = (targetX - x) * stiffness;
    float ax = forceX / mass;
    vx = damping * (vx + ax);
    x += vx;
    float forceY = (targetY - y) * stiffness;
    forceY += gravity;
    float ay = forceY / mass;
    vy = damping * (vy + ay);
    y += vy;
  }
  
  void display(float nx, float ny) {
    noStroke();
    ellipse(x, y, radius*2, radius*2);
    stroke(255);
    line(x, y, nx, ny);
  }
}

Functions Used

fill()

Sets the color used to fill shapes

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stroke()

Sets the color used to draw lines and borders around shapes

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size()

Defines the dimension of the display window width and height in units of pixels

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ellipse()

Draws an ellipse (oval) to the screen

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setup()

The setup() function is run once, when the program starts

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draw()

Called directly after setup(), the draw() function continuously executes the lines of code contained inside its block until the program is stopped or noLoop() is called

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noStroke()

Disables drawing the stroke (outline)

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line()

Draws a line (a direct path between two points) to the screen

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background()

The background() function sets the color used for the background of the Processing window

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