catenary chain test one
catenary chain test three
catenary chain test four
catenary chain test four spaced

Pdf document of final project documentation for 6.837 - computer graphics fall 2002
with
Megan Galbraith, Dan Chak and Axel Kilian
A string simulation modeller was explored through a C++ program using the Runge Kutta solver method. ABove sketches were done using www.processing.org based java. Thanks to Ben Fry and Casey Reas.

Initial particle spring classes implemented by Simon Greenwold, thank you- and more to come from the class Simon taught at Yale/Architecture in Fall2003 and Spring 2004

Java early test applets Fall 2002 by Axel Kilian

Reworked catenary project in processing with modeling capabilities by Axel Kilian Spring 2004.

It served as starting point and sketching platform for research workshop on hanging string models co taught by John Ochsendorf, Axel Kilian, Eric Demaine, Mark Demaine, Barb Cuttler and support by Simon Greenwold.
A more robust C++ version was developed during the workshop

launch latest modeler as applet

Older version that allows to edit weights- some bugs

Phyiscal hanging model by Gaudi
Conversion of the abstract string model into volumetric ribs done programmatically in the program