VoluminousWheel

Visualizing a voluminous wheel

    VoluminousWheel

Library

Mechanics/MultiBody/Visualizers

Description

Model VoluminousWheel provides a simple visualization of a tire using a torus and a pipe shape object. The center of the wheel is located at connector frame_a (visualized by the red coordinate system in the figure below).

Parameters

VoluminousWheel_0

NameLabelDescriptionData TypeValid Values

mo_animation

animation

= true, if animation shall be enabled

Scalar

true
false

mo_rTire

rTire

Radius of the tire

Scalar

mo_rRim

rRim

Radius of the rim

Scalar

mo_width

width

Width of the tire

Scalar

mo_rCurvature

rCurvature

Radius of the tire's cross section

Scalar

mo_color

color

Color of tire

Vector of size 3

mo_specularCoefficient

specularCoefficient

Reflection of ambient light (= 0: light is completely absorbed)

Scalar

mo_rw

rw

Scalar

mo_rCurvature2

rCurvature2

Scalar

mo_h

h

Scalar

mo_ri

ri

Scalar

mo_rRim2

rRim2

Scalar

VoluminousWheel_1

NameLabelDescriptionData TypeValid Values

mo_n_rTire

n_rTire

Number of points along rTire

Scalar

mo_n_rCurvature

n_rCurvature

Number of points along rCurvature

Scalar

Ports

NameTypeDescriptionIO TypeNumber

frame_a

implicit

Coordinate system in which visualization data is resolved

input

1