February 2013

Curved Sliding Connector Paths are working! There is a type of configuration that is not handled by the simulator but the simpler situations are now handled. Valid Sliding Connector Curved Paths   Invalid Curved Paths   I am planning on improving the simulator so that it can handle…

I would just like to thank you guys for using the Linkage program. The feedback I’ve gotten has been great and being able to provide features that people actually want is a very satisfying software development experience. When I first added the sliding connector feature, I wasn’t aware…

This video shows how a link may look when it represents just the curved slider path and nothing else. I may also implement this for links with more than two connectors although it will be harder to make solid links look this good. Link as a Curved Path

I have not gotten to the more complicated sliding connector situations and have only dealt with the simple cases so far. The simple cases like the one in the image below was not too difficult to implement. Curved Slider Path The mechanism in the picture above has a…

I uploaded a new version of the Linkage program. This update has some new features and some bug fixes. Some of the features listed below were made available in earlier versions but are recent and worth noting here. Fixed small drawing glitch in solid links that caused a…

Circle Drawing Features   I created a mechanism to simulate the orbit of an imaginary moon around an imaginary planet. I am still working on some point movement prediction and math rounding error code but I realized while doing this that I had no way to visualize the…

I added the ability to set the linear actuator throw distance in the Link Properties dialog box. I threw together this quick test mechanism and added to the sample gallery so that there would be a sample that had points, lines, and measurement lines. New Throw Distance Setting…

At a zoom level of 1, the default starting zoom level, one inch of mechanism is displayed on one inch of screen space. That applies to all screens that have the typical pixel size and shape although now days, there seems to be a trend in computer monitors…

Lines, Points, Measurements The latest version of Linkage, which is being beta tested right now, has many new features that were described in post “Linkage 2.8 Beta Test”. I wanted to mention one new feature that was an easy addition to the program now that there is a…