[ODE] Complex Body Creation

[Bram Stolk]

achaudhry wrote:
> hi, 
> I am trying to create a single object which comprises of 4 boxes attached in a
> fixed manner. 
> to create this complex object, i am currently creating seperate boxes and then
> attaching them using Fixed joints. Is there any other method of creating this
> complex object? 
> 
> Also after creation, for changing the orientation etc of the complez ogject, i
> have to currently change orientation for all individual boxes, is there a way
> to group these boxes together as one single object and then perform operations
> on them as a single entity? 

yes... look at ode/test/test_boxstack.cpp

What you need to do, is attach multiple geoms to a single body.
Each geom is transformed by a transformgeom.

So to make a you object, you would create:

- 1 body
- 4 box geoms
- 4 trf geoms

This is much better than fixed joints, computes much faster,
less instability, more conventient to code, etc.

    Bram


> 
> Regards, 
> Amber
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