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Universal Joint
[Joints]

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Detailed Description

A universal joint

Attributes

• body1 (string)
  • Name of the first body to attach to the joint
• body2 (string)
  • Name of the second body to attach to the joint
• anchor (string)
  • Name of the body which will act as the anchor to the joint
• axis1 (float, tuple)
  • Defines the axis of rotation for the first degree of freedom
  • Default: 0 0 1
• axis2 (float, tuple)
  • Defines the axis of rotation for the second degree of freedom
  • Default: 0 0 1
• lowStop1 (float, degrees)
  • The low stop angle for the first degree of freedom
  • Default: infinity
• highStop1 (float, degrees)
  • The high stop angle for the first degree of freedom
  • Default: infinity
• lowStop2 (float, degrees)
  • The low stop angle for the second degree of freedom
  • Default: infinity
• highStop2 (float, degrees)
  • The high stop angle for the second degree of freedom
  • Default: infinity

Example

  <joint:universal name="universal_joint>
    <body1>body1_name</body1>
    <body2>body2_name</body2>
    <anchor>anchor_body</anchor>
    <axis1>0 0 1</axis1>
    <axis2>0 1 0</axis2>
    <lowStop1>0</lowStop1>
    <highStop1>30</highStop1>
    <lowStop2>0</lowStop2>
    <highStop2>30</highStop2>
  </joint:universal>
  

Classes
class	UniversalJoint

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Last updated Aug 04 2007