Electromagnetism in Blender

First and last bump

Might be easiest to just poly model the electricity and use modifiers or something to animate it, then add glow in post to make it look less solid.

>>505205
This is for the purpose of simulation, not art.

>>505208
Well if you want to simulate electrical currents you're looking at the wrong industry, let alone program.

>>505208
then you'll have to study electromagnetic theory, learn to program, write a simulation program, and then you can use blender if you want to make 3d assets for graphics.

>>504803
you want a CAD suite with finite elements analysis built in. Blender is not that.

>>504803
Use Unity or Unreal Op, they have programmable fully customisable physics engines that is accessible if you can code. They're a much better fit for what you wanna make than what you have available in a 3D content creation suite.

>>504803
>dad's old sketches and thought that his railgun-like thing

US Navy already has a working railgun, the first big test fire is scheduled for sometime in 2016

>>504803

It isn't built for what you're wanting to do. Those "simulations" are for artistic uses, not real-world accuracy.

Now, if you're a python scripter, you might be able to shoehorn something like that in, but honestly you're probably better off going to >>>/sci/ and asking them about it. There is much better software available for this purpose.

>>505400

Um, yeah? Lots of people have railguns. They aren't that hard to build if you're a tinkerer. Just search for "railgun" on youtube. Making them practical weapons is the hard part.

Something tells me this guy's dad's sketches are closer to the "look what I built in my garage" variety over the "Look what we mounted on a Cruiser for $50 billion."

>>505570
Not a conventional railgun, because it wouldn't be actual rails.
Just like, lead shot or something accelerated around until being spat out at high speed.

>>507366

Actual railguns can be built in the garage.

Here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH08iDj2yic

Skip past the part with the cardboard and aluminum foil.