[ODE] initializing Hinge joint with a given angle that is not zero by default

Andrew Chapman andrew.chapman at framestore-cfc.com
Thu Apr 22 12:27:13 MST 2004


 >> Does anyone know how to set this initial angle to a different value
 >> *without* moving anything?

> The simple solution is:
> 
> 1.  Rotate by 90 degrees to put object at 0 degree ref
> 2.  Set the joint
> 3.  Rotate the object back by 90 degrees.

I'd also like to be able to do that, *without* moving things.

It is a bit of a pain to have to rotate the objects to be aligned with 
each other (rotating each one about their contact point mind you, not 
just around their centres) just to get around this.

-- 
Andrew Chapman
Senior Technical Director - Framestore CFC



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