I'm playing around with bullet dynamics and I can't seem to figure out how to give the dynamic object (in this case the cue ball) an initial velocity and then benefit from the bullet physics when it collides with other objects (the other balls).

can you point me to some resources to get a handle on this? for right now I've just been building collision objects like ramps to roll a ball and hit another (hiding these objects from the render).

I've tried blender artists but I'm asking here because this is exactly what I'm looking for.

any help would be appreciated... thanks!