Components implement most of the simulation methods. One can roughly distinguish two categories of components: Property components implement a facet of one object’s physical properties, such as its mass, stiffness,… read more →
Each SOFA component can define Data. These data correspond to properties of the Components, i.e. member variable of the corresponding C++ class, which are made available and visible to the rest… read more →
Use plugin binaries SOFA is regularly released along with several officially-supported plugins. However, many more plugins do exist. It may occur that someone shares with you the binaries of a… read more →
Fetch Plugin Code Source A few number of plugins are directly embedded in SOFA repository, under applications/plugins. Most of them are deactivated by default, and it is up to the… read more →
MeshOBJLoader This component belongs to the category of the MeshLoaders. The MeshOBJLoader loads a mesh from a file under the format *.obj. Such a mesh file only supports surface meshes.… read more →
MeshOffLoader This component belongs to the category of the MeshLoaders. The MeshOffLoader loads a mesh from a file under the format *.off. Such a mesh file can be either surface… read more →
MeshSTLLoader This component belongs to the category of the MeshLoaders. The MeshSTLLoader loads a mesh from a file under the format *.stl. Such a mesh file only supports surface meshes.… read more →
MeshVTKLoader This component belongs to the category of the MeshLoaders. The MeshVTKLoader loads a mesh from a file under the format *.vtk. Such a mesh file can be either surface… read more →
AsyncSparseLDLSolver AsyncSparseLDLSolver is based on SparseLDLSolver. It follows some ideas presented in: Courtecuisse, Hadrien, et al. “Asynchronous preconditioners for efficient solving of non-linear deformations.” VRIPHYS-Virtual Reality Interaction and Physical Simulation. Eurographics… read more →
MeshGmshLoader This component belongs to the category of the MeshLoaders. The MeshGmshLoader loads a mesh from a file under the format *.msh. Such a mesh file can be either surface… read more →
