Tensegrity

Struts that never touch, held apart by a net of cables. Choose a form, tune the prestress, and watch it settle into equilibrium.

Form

Starting point

Family

Physics

Cable rest lengths

Anchor the base to the floor

View

Colour cables by tension Colour struts by compression Floor shadow Show joints Number the joints Turn slowly

Interact

With cutting on, click a cable to snip it. Drag any joint to pull on the structure.

Export

JSON holds joints, strut forces, cable rest lengths and tensions. OBJ holds the line geometry. Hidden bracing that keeps the spine and table frames rigid is flagged in JSON and left out of OBJ.

Cable tension

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Drag to orbit. Right-drag or Shift-drag to pan. Scroll or pinch to zoom. Space pauses, P plucks, C toggles cutting.