Controls

r

Rotate Mode: rotate scene by draging mouse

m

Move Mode: move scene by draging mouse

p

Pick Mode: pick up Atoms and drag them with the mouse. If you press Ctrl, the Arom merges with the next nearest Atom when you drop it - handy for construction e.g. a cube from squares.

z

Zoom mode: zoom in and out by draging up and down

a

Place atom whenever you press the mouse buton

c

Change object mode. In this mode click on Atoms to highlight them. To select a Rod, select the Atom at one end then the Atom at the other. Once you have selected something use up and down keys to select an attribute and left and right kets to alter the selected value.

w

Convert selected Atom to wheel. There should only be one Rod. attached to the Atom and this will act as the 'axel'. If you click and existing wheel it's orienataion changes so that it run's parallel to it's Rod.

k

(does not work!) Convert selected Atom to 'kite' which can be pulled by 'wind'. There should exactly 2 rods. The kite has maximum drag in the plane defined by the two rods.

o

Select the entire object (all Rods and Atoms) connected to the selected Atom or Rod.

Ctrl C

Copy selected object.

Ctrl V

Paste previously copied object.

j

Join Atoms with 1m rods

s

Toggle still, freeze frame mode

g

Toggle zero gravity

x

Relax all rods

v

(does not work!) Togle view mode. Perspective or diagram.