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How to use the Damped Vibrations Tool

Setting Initial Conditions

  • [Start] begins a trajectory using preset initial conditions.
  • Clicking in the time series will set an initial value of x and start a trajectory.

Parameter Slider

  • Use the slider to set the damping coefficient b.
  • Press the mouse down on the slider knob, and drag the mouse back and forth to change it, or click the mouse in the slider channel at the desired value for the parameter.

Buttons

  • [Pause] stops a trajectory without canceling it.
  • [Continue] resumes the motion of a paused trajectory.

 

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