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Modify Connector

(Standard Interface) Adjust → Connector → Modify             Shared Dialog Box
Modifies a connector. Learn about Working with Connectors.
 
For the option:
Do the following:
Connector
Enter the database name of a connector.
Method
Select one of the following:
■joint – The joint will be active, and the bushing will be inactive.
■bushing – The bushing will be active, and the joint will be inactive.
■both – The bushing and joint will both be active.
■none – The bushing and joint will both be inactive.
■kinematic flag – If the subsystem is in kinematic mode, the joint will be active, and the bushing inactive. If the subsystem is in compliant mode, the bushing will be active, and the joint will be inactive.
Bushing
Displays the associated bushing. Select the bushing button to open the Modify Bushing dialog box.
Joint Type
Select one of the following joint types:
■fixed
■revolute
■spherical
■translational
■hooke
Symmetric
Enabled when you modify component pairs (or brothers):
■yes - Modify properties of both components in a pair.
■no - Only modify properties of the selected component.
When you modify a single component, this option is disabled because a single component is by nature asymmetric.
Friction
Select to activate joint friction. You must hit Apply to make this change prior to modifying the friction.
Select to modify the joint friction.
Request Activity
Select one of the following options:
■inherit - Request activity will be controlled by the settings at the subsystem level
■override - Enables you to (de)activate selected requests for the joint and/or bushing
If you set Request Activity to override, the following options are displayed:
Requests
Select to activate any number of the following request types:
■Displacement
■Velocity
■Acceleration
■Force
If Force is selected above, the following options are enabled:
Coordinate(s)
Select to activate any number of the following force requests:
■Local - force will be reported in the object's coordinate system
■I-Part - force will be reported in the I-part's local coordinate system
■J-Part - force will be reported in the J-part's local coordinate system
■Global - force will be reported in the global coordinate system
Select to display a dialog box where you can add multi-line comments to any entity, to describe its purpose and function. Your template-based product displays different comments dialog boxes, depending on the entity type for which you want to record comments:
■If recording comments for modeling entities in Standard Interface, your template-based product displays the Entity Comments dialog box.
■If recording comments for any other entity type, your template-based product displays the Modify Comment dialog box.
Learn about Recording Comments.