A video demonstration of the virtual harmonograph running through a series of sixteen preset patterns. [sociallocker][/sociallocker] Read More... "Harmonograph Video Demo"
A 3-pendulum Animated Harmonograph Model – video preview
A video review of the 3-pendulum animated harmonograph model together with the tutorials (part #1, part #2). [sociallocker][/sociallocker] Read More... "A 3-pendulum Animated Harmonograph Model – video preview"
Modeling a Three-Pendulum Harmonograph – tutorial: part #2
Hi guys, here is the second part of a tutorial describing the matematical equations used in modeling a three-pendulum harmonograph (automatic drawing machine). It pertains to the second version of the model. This section describes the kinematic equations involved in the articulated linkage mechanism on the top of the table, the custom spreadsheet functions used in the model and some overall… Read More... "Modeling a Three-Pendulum Harmonograph – tutorial: part #2"
Modeling a Three-Pendulum Harmonograph – tutorial: part #1
Hi guys, here is the first part of a tutorial describing the mathematical equations used in modeling a three-pendulum harmonograph (automatic drawing machine). It pertains to the second version of the model. This section refers only to the kinematic equations for the movement of three pendulums. A second section will be published later and it will describe the kinematic equations involved in… Read More... "Modeling a Three-Pendulum Harmonograph – tutorial: part #1"
Three-Pendulum Harmonograph #2 – an improved version
Hi! Here is an improved (faster and cleaner) version of the harmonograph. The worksheet has three different areas, the physical machine (a photo of the machine build out of wood by Karl Sims), the virtual machine (which is a 2D chart with a top view of a model showing the three pendulum ends, the drawing table, and the linkage mechanism which connects pendulum #1,… Read More... "Three-Pendulum Harmonograph #2 – an improved version"
Three-Pendulum Harmonograph (#1)- an automatic drawing machine
Ladies and Gentlemen, you will like this. Here is a harmonograph in MS Excel 2003 which models a real one build by Karl Sims. Watch the video first to know what to expect. I could have built it from the bare drawing equations but that would have been too easy and no fun at all so I tried to model the… Read More... "Three-Pendulum Harmonograph (#1)- an automatic drawing machine"