Dynamic simulation

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Dynamic Simulation is similar to a physics engine, the technology used in many powerful computer graphics software programs, like 3ds Max, Maya, Lightwave, and many others to simulate physical characteristics. It is used to have a computer automatically animate something, like hair, cloth, liquid, fire, and particles. It is important because it does very hard and boring work, while the human animator animates simpler objects. It was first used at a very simple level in the 1989 Pixar Animation Studios short film Knick Knack to move the fake snow in the snowglobe and pebbles in a fish tank.

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• Physics engine