Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Phun is, well, Fun!

I first heard about Phun a couple of weeks ago, but finally downloaded and installed it a couple of days ago.  Be warned, it is addictive!

I have barely started learning what all it is capable of modeling, but already have created a scene (not the one pictured--that one actually comes as part of the download) with an incline, rolling ball, a platform with a spring, and a few other things.

It's phun to watch thing "come alive" once you click the play button.  Sometimes you get unintended effects, like once when I didn't balance a large ramp that I drew freehand.  It ended up falling over, when in fact I was expecting the ball I placed on top to roll down its side.  (That was easily fixed by "fixing" it in place with one of the controls from the toolbox.)

From reading the web site (link is above) it appears that there is a lot of work planned for this free download.

Take my word for it, download it and start having phun!

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