| PHYS212 : Lectures |
You can download the animation files by following the associated links in the online version of these lecture notes, or you can get them all in a 1.83 MB self-extracting archive file by following this link. Save the archive file (p212animations.exe) on your computer. Double-click on it, and it will create subdirectory named p212animations containing the animations.
Animations with file names ending with the suffix .py are written in the Python programming language with the Visual Python 3D graphics package. Both the Python language and the Visual Python package are open-source software - they are available for free. You can download both from the Visual Python Web site :
http://www.vpython.orgFollow the ``Downloads'' link and follow the instructions. It is important to download and install Python before Visual Python.
To run an animation, left-click on the animation link in the online lecture notes, and use Save Target As... to save a copy of the code. If you have installed Python and Visual Python, double-clicking on your local copy of the animation code should run it.
Animations with file names ending with the suffix .mws are Maple worksheets. You should be able to run Maple over the campus Network. Use Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Communications -> Remote Desktop Connection to log onto brownbear.ursinus.edu. Your remote desktop should give you access to Maple 7 and Maple 9. Either one should work. If you use Explorer on your remote desktop to browse the online lectures, and you click on a Maple animation link, it should automatically open in Maple 9.
If you encounter difficulties connecting with the remote desktop, the
Computing Services Help Desk
(X2244) is more likely be able to help you than I am.
| Copyright © 2003-2009, Lewis A. Riley | Updated Wed Jan 18 09:51:28 2006 |