createRevoluteJoint

Defintion

createRevoluteJoint creates the I and J marker and returns the joint object created. All properties of a revolute joint are supported by keyword arguments.

Signature

joint = createUJoint(ibody, jbody, location, ishaft, jshaft, **kwds)

Input Arguments

ibody

The first body on which the joint is created.

jbody

The second body on which the joint is created.

location

The location where the joint is created.

ishaft

The direction of ishaft if a Vector is given, otherwise it defines the end point.

jshaft

The direction of ishaft if a Vector is given, otherwise it defines the end point.

kwds

Keyword arguments that define other properties of the joint.

Return Value

Usage

# Create a revolute Joint at (1,1,1) and the zaxis is (0,0,1)
part1 = Part(mass=1, ip=[10,10,10], cm=Marker())
part2 = Part(mass=1, ip=[10,10,10], cm=Marker())
joint = createRevoluteJoint(
     ibody = part1, 
     jbody = part2,
     location = Point(1,1,1),
     axis = Point(1,1,2),
     ic = [0.0, 0.0]
     )