/pmpd

pmpd is a collection of objects, that provide real-time simulations of physical behaviors.

Primary LanguageMaxGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

pmpd

pmpd is a collection of objects originally written for Pure Data by Cyrille Henry.

The library provides real-time simulations of physical behaviors. pmpd can be used to create natural dynamic systems, like a bouncing ball, string movement, Brownian movement, chaos, fluid dynamics, sand, gravitation and more. It can also be used to create displacements thus allowing a completely dynamic approach of pd (max) computing.

With pmpd physical dynamics can be modelled without knowing the global equation of the movement. Only the cause of the movement and the involved structure are needed for the simulation. pmpd provides the basic objects for this kind of simulation. Assembling them allows the creation of a very large variety of dynamic systems.

Original author: Cyrille Henry http://drpichon.free.fr/pmpd/

MaxMSP port by: Volker Böhm https://vboehm.net

Building

(Mostly copying from https://github.com/Cycling74/max-devkit ReadMe.md)

  1. Clone the code from Github, including submodules: git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/v7b1/pmpd.git
  2. cd pmpd to change directories (cd) into the folder
  3. mkdir build to create a folder with your various build files
  4. cd build to put yourself into that folder
  5. Now you can generate the projects for your chosen build environment:

Mac

You can build on the command line using Makefiles (not tested, yet), or you can generate an Xcode project and use the GUI to build.

  • Xcode: Run cmake -G Xcode .. and then run cmake --build . or open the Xcode project from this "build" folder and use the GUI.
  • Make: Run cmake .. and then run cmake --build . or make. Note that the Xcode project is preferrable because it is able to substitute values for e.g. the Info.plist files in your builds.

Windows

Note: this is untested, but should work something like this:

If you are using Visual Studio, You can run cmake --help to get a list of the options available. Assuming some version of Visual Studio 2017, the commands to generate the projects will look like this:

  • 32 bit: cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" ..
  • 64 bit: cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" ..

Having generated the projects, you can now build by opening the .sln file in the build folder with the Visual Studio app (just double-click the .sln file) or you can build on the command line like this:

cmake --build . --config Release