An option is used to customize some type of modeling behavior. Options can perform
operations such as turning entities on or off, or converting systems from compliant to
non-compliant.
When you select the Options tab on the System and Assembly
panel, a list of the options belonging to the current system is displayed. Each
system has a Compliant option by default. This option can be used to toggle the
state of joints within the system. The joint or bushing within the system should be
modeled within an *if(Op_Compliant == "Yes") loop in the MDL
language using a text editor.
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From the Project Browser, select a system.
The Systems/Assembly panel is displayed.
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Select the Options tab.
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Specify whether to make the system compliant or non-compliant from the
drop-down menu.
Selecting
Yes makes all the compliant joints in the
system compliant while selecting
No makes all compliant
joints non-compliant.
In addition to converting compliant joints, MotionView can turn other entities on or off in a system
according to predefined system settings. For example, MotionView can turn off specific entities such as springs or
stabilizer bars when the system is made non-compliant.
Note:
- The Compliant option is applied to all subsystems beneath the
current system.
- The Compliant option can be overridden for individual joints in the
Joints panel.
- Not all joints can be compliant. The rules for converting joints
from compliant to non-compliant are built into each model using the
MDL language.
- See *Option() in the MDL Language
Reference for more information on creating options.