Fleming’s Left-Hand Rule is a visual way to remember the direction of force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field. In this rule, the thumb, forefinger, and middle finger of your left hand are held at right angles to each other. The thumb represents the direction of the force, the forefinger the direction of the magnetic field, and the middle finger the direction of the current.
To visualize this with GlowScript’s VPython, I used ChatGPT to generate a 3D scene with arrows representing each of these directions.
The prompts used were
LinkGenerate a glowscript python code for visualising fleming’s left-hand rule.
Use mouse or finger interactions to rotate the scene
Include a toggle to switch from the left-hand rule to the right hand rule.