Is it possible to use Lite-C for physical mechanical engineering? I know nothing of mechanics but the idea just hit me. I'm sure there are more advanced programs that achieve this though. If anyone has any links or interesting contributions,that would be great.

Thanks,
Masna

Yes, it is possible. No, it is not easy. You basically have three possibilities:

• Write it yourself. You have to implement all that hard physics stuff yourself. Veeeeery hard to achieve. If you know nothing about mechanics the maybe worst idea.
• Use the integrated ODE physics engine. Unfortunately it has only very limited capabilities and known bugs. E.g. the cylinder simulation does not work sufficient.
• Use the newton SDK. You might be interested in ventilators great Newton Lite-C Adaption. (Have a quick search on this forum, you'll find it rapidly.) Ventilator did all the nasty work so you can use it relatively comfortably. There is also an older adaption for c-script.

The question you should ask yourself is how detailed your simulation should be. Newton will be sufficient for simulating a game's world, but when it comes to very serious physical simulations you might run into trouble. ODE is only capable of simulating very simple scenarios.

Simulations would be nice, but I was thinking of something a bit easier. Like turning gears in order to make an object move foward, or making a timer that activates a light switch every 10 seconds. Of course those stupid examples are off the top of my head.

Turning gears should be possible with Newton. Making a timer that switches a light on or off every 10 seconds is a lite-c script of five lines. You don't need any third party tools or a physics engine at all to achieve this.

Er... Maybe it was a bad idea in the first place. First I need to master writing scripts for games.