Points reference frame
Hello,
I am relatively new to Altair and MotionView,
In the course of making analysis more modular, I find it useful to define points and markers (reference frames) referent to specific bodies.
In the documentation, it appears that points are always defined in the global reference frame.
How do I make it so, if I decide to change a geometry position (or a body position) an arbitrary point related to that body changes as well? In my simulation I used math expressions to define the point's coordinates with respect to the reference frame of the body. But this does not seem easily scalable. Are there better ways to to this?
Best Answer
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Hi Ricardo,
Parameterizing points relative to bodies CG or other respected point. Yes the setup does take some time, but in the end you will be able to relocate the parametrized model at ease.
Another function that could help is the loc_rel_to. https://help.altair.com/hwsolvers/motionapi/Autodoc_files/msolve.mdllikemethods.html?highlight=loc_rel_to#msolve.MdlLikeMethods.loc_rel_to. This is useful when you want to return points coordinates of a point or marker in a given reference frame.
You can also access our free online training:
Introduction to MotionView 2023: https://learn.altair.com/course/view.php?id=496
Vehicle Modeling in MotionView 2023: https://learn.altair.com/course/view.php?id=497
Best,
Christopher Fadanelli
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Answers
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Hi Ricardo,
Parameterizing points relative to bodies CG or other respected point. Yes the setup does take some time, but in the end you will be able to relocate the parametrized model at ease.
Another function that could help is the loc_rel_to. https://help.altair.com/hwsolvers/motionapi/Autodoc_files/msolve.mdllikemethods.html?highlight=loc_rel_to#msolve.MdlLikeMethods.loc_rel_to. This is useful when you want to return points coordinates of a point or marker in a given reference frame.
You can also access our free online training:
Introduction to MotionView 2023: https://learn.altair.com/course/view.php?id=496
Vehicle Modeling in MotionView 2023: https://learn.altair.com/course/view.php?id=497
Best,
Christopher Fadanelli
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