MotionView User's Guide

Ellipsoid Graphic

Ellipsoid Graphic

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Ellipsoid Graphic

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Location: Graphics panel - Properties tab

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Graphics panel – Properties tab for a ellipsoid graphic

Radius X|Y|Z

Enter the X, Y, and Z radius for the ellipsoid graphic based on the orientation axis set in the Connectivity tab.

MaterialProperty

The material property associated with the graphic.

Material inside

This option applies to when a graphic is used within a contact entity.  Activating the Material inside check box sets the normals such that the graphic will act like a solid object.

Refinement level

Sets the mesh coarseness level for MotionSolve.  MotionSolve will use a tessellation scheme to represent the graphic object during solution.  Refer to the <Post_Graphic MotionSolve statement for additional information.

 

See Also:

Connectivity Tab

Inertia Properties Tab

Visualization Tab