I'm trying to build a subroutine for a custom contact normal force. I require the locations of the contact so I wanted to utilize the loci, locj variables but every time print their information they seem to be completely off. To elaborate:
I have set up a model with a contact taking place around the location of -100,0,0. I've built a subroutine that prints out the loci, locj arrays from matlab but instead of printing something like
[-100, 0, 0 (+-some small percentage due to the contact incidents)]
the numbers are completely off.
Does Adams measure the locations from a starting point other than the global (0,0,0)? Or am I perhaps interpreting the loci, locj vectors wrong?
Where are the i and j parts located at the time of incident? I would assume that loci and locj are expressed in local coordinates for the parts. Otherwise there would be no reason to have both loci and locj as in global coordinates they should be the same.
Where are the i and j parts located at the time of incident? I would assume that loci and locj are expressed in local coordinates for the parts. Otherwise there would be no reason to have both loci and locj as in global coordinates they should be the same.