Re: [Yade-users] [Question #226804]: Applying Forces on Facets with ForceEngine

2013-04-18 Thread Eugen Kubowsky
Question #226804 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/226804 Status: Solved = Open Eugen Kubowsky is still having a problem: Hi, another question in this context. I think it is better adding it here than starting a new question post. As you have seen above, I use

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #226804]: Applying Forces on Facets with ForceEngine

2013-04-18 Thread Bruno Chareyre
Question #226804 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/226804 Status: Open = Answered Bruno Chareyre proposed the following answer: Forces are always in the global coordinate system. They will not be automaticaly rotated with an object. Such behaviour would in fact

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #226804]: Applying Forces on Facets with ForceEngine

2013-04-18 Thread Eugen Kubowsky
Question #226804 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/226804 Status: Answered = Solved Eugen Kubowsky confirmed that the question is solved: Good to know! Thank you B -- You received this question notification because you are a member of yade-users, which is an

[Yade-users] [Question #226804]: Applying Forces on Facets with ForceEngine

2013-04-16 Thread Eugen Kubowsky
New question #226804 on Yade: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/226804 Hi guys, I'm playing around with forces in Yade. Suppose that there are two facets (Bodies 18 and 19) that make up a rectangular. I use ForceEngines to apply given force on these facets. The force vector for facet

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #226804]: Applying Forces on Facets with ForceEngine

2013-04-16 Thread Jan Stránský
Question #226804 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/226804 Status: Open = Answered Jan Stránský proposed the following answer: Hello Eugen, .norm() is a method to get norm of a vector (i.e. length of the vector). It has nothing to do with facet normal.. a =

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #226804]: Applying Forces on Facets with ForceEngine

2013-04-16 Thread Eugen Kubowsky
Question #226804 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/226804 Status: Answered = Solved Eugen Kubowsky confirmed that the question is solved: ah ok... Thanks! What I wanted was something like this: Yade []: O.forces.f(18).dot(O.bodies[18].shape.normal) - []:

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #226804]: Applying Forces on Facets with ForceEngine

2013-04-16 Thread Jan Stránský
Question #226804 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/226804 Jan Stránský posted a new comment: yes, utils.sumFacetNormalForces([18]) wiil do what you want for facet number 18. Jan 2013/4/16 Eugen Kubowsky question226...@answers.launchpad.net Question #226804 on Yade