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Three-component Torque (VTORQ)

Returns a force or torque applied by a specified three-component torque on one or two bodies directly affected by the three-component torque.

Format

VTORQ (Three-component Torque, On This Body, Component, About Axes)

Arguments

 
Three-component Torque
(Required) Three-component torque for which the force is measured.
On This Body
(Required) Body on which the force is measured.
The legal values are:
■0 = forces and torques on the first body, at the I marker
■1 = forces and torques on the second body, at the J marker
Force Component
(Required) Force or torque component you want to measure.
The legal values are:
■Fm = 1 = force magnitude
■Fx = 2 = x component of the force
■Fy = 3 = y component of the force
■Fz = 4 = z component of the force
■Tm = 5 = torque magnitude
■Tx = 6 = x component of the torque
■Ty = 7 = y component of the torque
■Tz = 8 = z component of the torque
About Axes
(Optional) Coordinate system marker in which the results are measured.
To have your results measured in the global coordinate system, do one of the following:
■If you're entering your function through the Assist dialog box, leave the Along/About Axes text box empty.
■If you're entering your function directly in the function text box, enter a 0.

Example

The following function returns the x component of the torque vector acting on the second body (at the J marker) of .model_1.vtorque_31, measured along the x-axis of marker_2:
VTORQ(.model_1.vtorque_1, 1, 6, marker_2)
Learn more about force in object functions.