[ODE] Lo/Hi Stops for ball-sockets?

Henri Hakl henri at cs.sun.ac.za
Fri Nov 15 08:30:02 2002


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Hi :)

I've played with the hinge-joint recently and figured out how to use lo =
and hi stops to limit rotations.

My problem now is to have a similar system for ball-socket joints. The =
idea is to have limited range of motions similar to (for example) the =
joint holding arm and shoulder together. It should have some degree of =
mobility to rotate around an arbitrary axis of motion, and it should be =
able to deviate from the initial axis of rotation to some degree.

Essentially it should be able to move inside a cone-of-freedom (plus it =
is only allowed to twist to a certain extend).

Help please.
  Henri

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi :)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've played with the hinge-joint =
recently and=20
figured out how to use lo and hi stops to limit rotations.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My problem now is to have a similar =
system for=20
ball-socket joints. The idea is to have limited range of motions similar =
to (for=20
example) the joint holding arm and shoulder together. It should have =
some degree=20
of mobility to rotate around an arbitrary axis of motion, and it should =
be able=20
to deviate from the initial axis of rotation to some =
degree.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Essentially it should be able to move =
inside a=20
cone-of-freedom (plus it is only allowed to twist to a certain=20
extend).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Help please.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp; Henri</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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