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I am developing an n-body/orbital dynamics simulation software package as a project for a course project at Washington State University. I am conducting a survey in order to gather requirements for this software. If development of this software is successful, I would release it as a freely available, open source package. The project's web site can be found at nbodyhydra.googlepages.com, where a very rough, early prototype is available (though the survey doesn't require you to investigate or evaluate the prototype in any way.)<br /><br />If you are interested in this software and/or are willing to participate in this survey, simply post your responses to this thread or email them to tim.bocek@gmail.com. No personally identifying information will be collected unless you are willing to respond to additional follow-up questions through email. If you do not have time to fill out the entire survey, responding even to part of it would be helpful and very much appreciated! Thank you in advance for your time.<br /><br />-------------------------<br /><br />Would you be interested in a new, freely available software package that performs n-body simulations?<br /><br />If so, for what purpose would you use this software?<br />___ Professional duties<br />___ Research<br />___ Education<br />___ Hobby<br />___ Other (Please Specify)<br /><br />On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most important, how important to you are the following traits in an n-body simulation package? Feel free to provide comments.<br />1. Simulation speed<br />2. Simulation Accuracy<br />3. Ease of use<br />4. Quality of Graphics<br />5. Customizability of interface (e.g. dockable panels)<br /><br />On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most important, how important to you are the following features in an n-body simulation package? Feel free to provide comments.<br /><br />1. Numerical manipulation of physical quantities (ie, typing in values)<br />2. Graphical manupulation