This Study attempts to find a configuration (set of joint coordinates q) of a Simbody MultibodySystem that satisfies the System's position Constraints plus optional additional assembly conditions. More...

Inheritance diagram for SimTK::Assembler:

Public Member Functions
	SimTK_DEFINE_UNIQUE_LOCAL_INDEX_TYPE (Assembler, FreeQIndex)
	Assembler::FreeQIndex is a unique integer type used for accessing the subset of q's that the Assembler is permitted to change. More...

	~Assembler ()
	Destruct the Assembler objects and any Assembly Condition objects it contains. More...

Construction and setup
By default, the only assembly condition is that any Simbody Constraints in the System that are enabled must be satisifed to within the assembly tolerance. (Prescribed motions specified with Motion objects are satisfied exactly.) You can selectively enable and disable Constraints in the state using the ordinary Constraint::disable() and enable() methods. You can also apply an overall weighting to these Constraints here if you want; if the weight is zero they will be ignored; if Infinity they are treated as must-satisfy assembly error conditions; any other number is used to weight the RMS Constraint error into the scalar objective along with the other goals. Additional assembly conditions may be specified with these methods; some predefined conditions are available, most notably Markers for tracking observed marker locations.
	Assembler (const MultibodySystem &system)
	Create an Assembler study for the given MultibodySystem. More...

Assembler &	setErrorTolerance (Real tolerance=0)
	Set the assembly error tolerance. More...

Real	getErrorToleranceInUse () const
	Obtain the tolerance setting that will be used during the next assemble() or track() call. More...

Assembler &	setAccuracy (Real accuracy=0)
	Set the accuracy to which a solution should be pursued. More...

Real	getAccuracyInUse () const
	Obtain the accuracy setting that will be used during the next assemble() or track() call. More...

Assembler &	setSystemConstraintsWeight (Real weight)
	Change how the System's enabled built-in Constraints are weighted as compared to other assembly conditions. More...

Real	getSystemConstraintsWeight () const
	Return the current weight being given to the System's built-in Constraints; the default is Infinity. More...

Assembler &	setAssemblyConditionWeight (AssemblyConditionIndex condition, Real weight)
	Set the weight to be used for this AssemblyCondition. More...

Real	getAssemblyConditionWeight (AssemblyConditionIndex condition) const
	Return the weight currently in use for this AssemblyCondition. More...

AssemblyConditionIndex	adoptAssemblyError (AssemblyCondition *p)
	Add an assembly error condition to this Assembler study, taking over ownership of the heap-allocated AssemblyCondition object. More...

AssemblyConditionIndex	adoptAssemblyGoal (AssemblyCondition *p, Real weight=1)
	Add an assembly goal to this Assembler study, taking over ownership of the heap-allocated AssemblyCondition object. More...

Assembler &	setInternalState (const State &state)
	Set the Assembler's internal state from an existing state which must be suitable for use with the Assembler's System as supplied at the time the Assembler was constructed. More...

void	initialize () const
	Initialize the Assembler to prepare for performing assembly analysis. More...

void	initialize (const State &state)
	Set the internal State and initialize. More...

Execution
These methods perform assembly or tracking analysis, determine how successful they were, and obtain results.
Real	assemble ()
	Starting with the current value of the internally-maintained State, modify the q's in it to satisfy all the assembly conditions to within a tolerance. More...

Real	track (Real frameTime=-1)
	Continue a series of assembly steps that is already in progress, without restarting or reanalyzing the system, and optionally providing a new frame time. More...

Real	assemble (State &state)
	Given an initial value for the State, modify the q's in it to satisfy all the assembly conditions to within a tolerance. More...

Real	calcCurrentGoal () const
	Return the goal value attained by the internal State's current settings for the free q's; this is a weighted sum of the individual goal values for each assembly goal. More...

Real	calcCurrentErrorNorm () const
	This is the weighted norm of the assembly constraint errors directly comparable with the assembly error tolerance setting. More...

void	updateFromInternalState (State &state) const
	Given an existing State that is suitable for the Assembler's System, update its q's from those found in the Assembler's internal State, leaving everything else unchanged. More...

Parameter restrictions
These methods restrict which q's are allowed to be modified while trying to assemble the system, or restrict the range within which the final q's must lie. A prescribed mobilizer is always treated as locked; its q's are set to their prescribed values and are not changed to satisfy assembly conditions.
void	lockMobilizer (MobilizedBodyIndex mbx)
	Lock this mobilizer at its starting position. More...

void	unlockMobilizer (MobilizedBodyIndex mbx)
	Unlock this mobilizer as a whole; some of its q's may remain locked if they were locked individually. More...

void	lockQ (MobilizedBodyIndex mbx, MobilizerQIndex qx)
	Lock one of this mobilizer's q's at its initial value. More...

void	unlockQ (MobilizedBodyIndex mbx, MobilizerQIndex qx)
	Unlock one of this mobilizer's q's if it was locked. More...

void	restrictQ (MobilizedBodyIndex mbx, MobilizerQIndex qx, Real lowerBound, Real upperBound)
	Restrict a q to remain within a given range. More...

void	unrestrictQ (MobilizedBodyIndex mbx, MobilizerQIndex qx)
	Unrestrict a particular generalized coordinate q if it was previously restricted. More...

Statistics
The Assembler keeps counters of various internal operations it performs during execution; these methods access those counters. These can be helpful in evaluating the effects of various ways of structuring the assembly or tracking problem. Counters can also be reset to zero manually by calling resetStats().
int	getNumGoalEvals () const
	Return the number of goal evaluations. More...

int	getNumErrorEvals () const
	Return the number of assembly error condition evaluations. More...

int	getNumGoalGradientEvals () const
	Return the number of goal gradient evaluations. More...

int	getNumErrorJacobianEvals () const
	Return the number of assembly error condition Jacobian evaluations. More...

int	getNumAssemblySteps () const
	Return the number of assembly steps; that is, the number of calls to assemble() or track() since last initialization. More...

int	getNumInitializations () const
	Return the number of system initializations performed since this Assembler was created or the most recent resetStats() call. More...

void	resetStats () const
	Reset all counters to zero; except for the number of initializations counter this also happens whenever the assembler system is reinitialized either explicitly or due to system changes. More...

Advanced options
These are primarily useful for debugging while developing new AssemblyCondition classes.
void	setForceNumericalGradient (bool yesno)
	This is useful for debugging but should not be used otherwise since the analytic gradient is to be preferred. More...

void	setForceNumericalJacobian (bool yesno)
	This is useful for debugging but should not be used otherwise since the analytic Jacobian is to be preferred. More...

void	setUseRMSErrorNorm (bool yesno)
	Use an RMS norm for the assembly errors rather than the default infinity norm (max absolute value). More...

bool	isUsingRMSErrorNorm () const
	Determine whether we are currently using the RMS norm for constraint errors; if not we're using the default infinity norm (max absolute value). More...

void	uninitialize () const
	Uninitialize the Assembler. More...

bool	isInitialized () const
	Check whether the Assembler has been initialized since the last change was made to its contents. More...

const State &	getInternalState () const
	This provides read-only access to the Assembler's internal State; you probably should use updateFromInternalState() to transfer just q's from the internal state to your own State. More...

void	addReporter (const EventReporter &reporter)
	Given a reference to an EventReporter, use this Reporter to provide progress reporting. More...

int	getNumFreeQs () const
	Return the number of q's which are free to be changed by this already-initialized assembly analysis. More...

QIndex	getQIndexOfFreeQ (FreeQIndex freeQIndex) const
	Return the absolute q index associated with a free q. More...

FreeQIndex	getFreeQIndexOfQ (QIndex qx) const
	A subset of the q's will be used as free q's for solving the assembly problem. More...

Vec2	getFreeQBounds (FreeQIndex freeQIndex) const
	Return the allowable range for a particular free q. More...

const MultibodySystem &	getMultibodySystem () const
	Return a reference to the MultibodySystem associated with this Assembler (that is, the System that was supplied in the Assembler's constructor. More...

const SimbodyMatterSubsystem &	getMatterSubsystem () const
	Return a reference to the SimbodyMatterSubsystem that is contained in the MultibodySystem that is associated with this Assembler. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from SimTK::Study
	Study ()

	Study (const Study &)

Study &	operator= (const Study &)

	~Study ()

	Study (const System &sys)

const String &	getName () const

const String &	getVersion () const

const System &	getSystem () const

const State &	getState () const

State &	updState ()

bool	isOwnerHandle () const
	Is this handle the owner of this rep? This is true if the handle is empty or if its rep points back here. More...

bool	isEmptyHandle () const

bool	isSameStudy (const Study &otherStudy) const

const Study::Guts &	getStudyGuts () const

Study::Guts &	updStudyGuts ()

void	adoptStudyGuts (Study::Guts *g)

	Study (Study::Guts *g)

bool	hasGuts () const

Friends
class	AssemblerSystem

Detailed Description

This Study attempts to find a configuration (set of joint coordinates q) of a Simbody MultibodySystem that satisfies the System's position Constraints plus optional additional assembly conditions.

If successful, the final set of q's will satisfy the constraints to within a specified tolerance. The Assembler also supports high-performance repeated assembly (also known as "inverse kinematics" or "tracking") where only small changes are expected between a series of observation frames.

The complete specification for an Assembly study consists of four elements:

The subset of q's which may be modified by the study.
Limits on the allowable range of values for each q.
A set of assembly error conditions that must be satisfied.
A set of weighted assembly goals that are to be achieved as best we can.

By default, all q's may be modified with no range restrictions. The q's whose value is a prescribed function of time will be set to that value, while free q's are available for satisfying the assembly error conditions and goals. The assembly error conditions are just the errors in the position (holonomic) constraints that are present in the MultibodySystem and currently enabled. (Quaternion normalization constraints will also be satisfied, but do not generate assembly errors.) There are no default assembly goals. This is very similiar in behavior to the System's project() method except that project() considers it an error if the constraints aren't already close to being satisfied initially, while Assembler will attempt to satisfy them regardless, and may take a series of increasingly desperate measures to do so.

Basic assembly:

This is the most common use of the Assembler: modify a System's given State so that its configuration (set of generalized coordinates q) satisfies the position-affecting Motion and Constraint objects in the System that are currently enabled in that State. This is done to a default tolerance if you don't provide one, and that tolerance is suitable for use with subsequent dynamic studies that are run at their default tolerances. Although the assembly begins from the configuration provided in the initial state, no assumption is made about how close this initial configuration is to one that satisfies the assembly conditions.

MultibodySystem system;
// ... build system; get initial state
Assembler assembler(system); // construct the Assembler study object
try // modify state to satisfy Constraints
{   assembler.assemble(state); }
catch (const std::exception& exc)
{   std::cout << "Assembly failed: " << exc.what() << std::endl; }

Inverse kinematics (repeated assembly):

After the initial assembly done as above, an inverse kinematic study consists of a series of assembly solutions for a sequence of small changes to the assembly conditions. A common example is the tracking of a time series of marker observations. Thus each "tracking" assembly computation may assume:

There has been no change to the problem structure.
The internal State is already close to the desired solution and has not been changed since the last tracking frame solution.

Allowable (gradual) changes between tracking frames are:

Time, which may affect prescribed motion or other time-dependent Constraints as well as time-dependent assembly conditions.
Weights on assembly goals. Continuous changes to goal weights are permitted, but changes between 0 and nonzero or between finite and Infinity should not be made because these are structural changes to the form of the problem and require reinitialization.
Any changes allowed by the assembly conditions currently included in this Assembler, for example marker location observations for the Markers assembly condition.

The track() method performs assembly analysis under these assumptions and can be much faster than assemble(). Here is an outline of code that performs repeated tracking of data from a series of observation frames, each associated with a frame time:

MultibodySystem system;
// ... build system; get initial state
Assembler assembler(system); // construct the Assembler Study object
// ... set up assembly conditions; perform initial assemble() as above;
//     assume assembled result is in State myState.
try // track a series of small changes to the assembly conditions
{   for (int i=0; i < numFrames; ++i) {
        // ... update assembly conditions for frame[i]
        assembler.track(frameTime[i]);
        assembler.updateFromInternalState(myState); // update time and qs
        // ... do something with the results in myState
    }
}
catch (const std::exception& exc)
{   std::cout << "Tracking failed: " << exc.what() << std::endl; }

Optional settings:

Optional settings include:

Locking particular mobilizers so that their q's can't be changed.
Setting bounds on the acceptable range of values for some of the q's.
Defining additional assembly conditions.
Assigning assembly conditions to be errors ("needs") or weighted goals ("wants").

Assembly errors are specified by giving an assembly condition a weight of Infinity. Anything with a lower weight is a goal and will be combined with all the other goals into a single scalar objective. The built-in Constraints are normally treated with infinite weight, but you can change them to goals instead if you like; sometimes that can be useful as a step in getting a difficult-to- assemble system assembled.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SimTK::Assembler::Assembler ( const MultibodySystem & system )

explicit

Create an Assembler study for the given MultibodySystem.

The Assembler's current state is set to the System's default state but with Euler angles used instead of quaternions.

SimTK::Assembler::~Assembler ( )

Destruct the Assembler objects and any Assembly Condition objects it contains.

Member Function Documentation

SimTK::Assembler::SimTK_DEFINE_UNIQUE_LOCAL_INDEX_TYPE	(	Assembler	,
		FreeQIndex
	)

Assembler::FreeQIndex is a unique integer type used for accessing the subset of q's that the Assembler is permitted to change.

Assembler& SimTK::Assembler::setErrorTolerance ( Real tolerance = 0 )

inline

Set the assembly error tolerance.

This value is tested against a norm of all the assembly error conditions to determine whether an assemble() or track() operation was successful. Note that assembly errors may have arbitrary units (for example, built in Constraint errors may be distances or angles); in general they must be scaled so that the same tolerance value can be used for all of them. By default, tolerance is set to accuracy/10 if accuracy has been set, otherwise 1e-4; calling setErrorTolerance() with no argument or with zero restores it to its default behavior.

Real SimTK::Assembler::getErrorToleranceInUse ( ) const

inline

Obtain the tolerance setting that will be used during the next assemble() or track() call.

Note that this may be an explicitly-set tolerance or a default value calculated as accuracy/10 if accuracy has been set, otherwise 1e-4.

Assembler& SimTK::Assembler::setAccuracy ( Real accuracy = 0 )

inline

Set the accuracy to which a solution should be pursued.

This is a unitless value that is roughly interpreted as a request for a certain number of "correct" digits in the "answer", so that an accuracy of 0.001 means "1/10 of 1 percent" or roughly three digits, meaning that we would like the assembly to stop when the goal is within 0.1% of its minimum. However, if you don't say otherwise, this number is also used to set the absolute error tolerance used to determine whether the assembly succeeded or failed, by the following formula: error tolerance = accuracy/10. By default, we set accuracy=1e-3 and tolerance=1e-4.

Real SimTK::Assembler::getAccuracyInUse ( ) const

inline

Obtain the accuracy setting that will be used during the next assemble() or track() call.

The default is to use 1e-3, i.e., 1/10 of 1%.

Assembler& SimTK::Assembler::setSystemConstraintsWeight ( Real weight )

inline

Change how the System's enabled built-in Constraints are weighted as compared to other assembly conditions.

If this is Infinity (the default) then the built-ins are treated as must-satisfy constraints; otherwise they are included in the assembly cost function with the given weight. If the weight is given as zero the built-in Constraints will be ignored altogether.

See also: setAssemblyConditionWeight()

Real SimTK::Assembler::getSystemConstraintsWeight ( ) const

inline

Return the current weight being given to the System's built-in Constraints; the default is Infinity.

See also: getAssemblyConditionWeight()

Assembler& SimTK::Assembler::setAssemblyConditionWeight	(	AssemblyConditionIndex	condition,
		Real	weight
	)

inline

Set the weight to be used for this AssemblyCondition.

If the weight is set to 0, this condition will be disabled and will be ignored. If the weight is set to Infinity, the condition will be treated as an assembly error condition that must be satisfied to tolerance. Otherwise (finite weight) the condition will be treated as an assembly goal and the weight will be used to combine its cost function with that of the other assembly goals.

Real SimTK::Assembler::getAssemblyConditionWeight ( AssemblyConditionIndex condition ) const

inline

Return the weight currently in use for this AssemblyCondition.

If the returned value is 0, this condition is being ignored. If the weight is Infinity, then the condition is being treated as an assembly error condition that must be satisfied to tolerance. Otherwise (finite weight) this is an assembly goal and the weight is used to combine its cost function with that of the other assembly goals.

AssemblyConditionIndex SimTK::Assembler::adoptAssemblyError ( AssemblyCondition * p )

Add an assembly error condition to this Assembler study, taking over ownership of the heap-allocated AssemblyCondition object.

We will use the calcErrors() method of this object to determine errors whose norm must be driven below tolerance for an assembly to be considered successful.

AssemblyConditionIndex SimTK::Assembler::adoptAssemblyGoal	(	AssemblyCondition *	p,
		Real	weight = `1`
	)

Add an assembly goal to this Assembler study, taking over ownership of the heap-allocated AssemblyCondition object.

We will use normally use the calcGoal() method of this object to calculate its contribution to the assembly goal cost function. An optional weight can be provided that is used when combining this cost with those of other goals to form the overall cost function; the default weight is 1. If the weight is 0 the goal is ignored and not evaluated at all; if the weight is Infinity this is actually an assembly constraint and we'll use its calcErrors() method instead.

Assembler& SimTK::Assembler::setInternalState ( const State & state )

inline

Set the Assembler's internal state from an existing state which must be suitable for use with the Assembler's System as supplied at the time the Assembler was constructed.

All variables are copied, not just q's, so the Assembler must be reinitialized after this call in case modeling options, instance variables, or time have changed.

void SimTK::Assembler::initialize ( ) const

Initialize the Assembler to prepare for performing assembly analysis.

This is normally called automatically when assemble() is called, but you can call it explicitly and then access methods that report on the properties of the system on which the analysis will be performed. The internal state should already have been set; if you want to provide the state now use initialize(State).

void SimTK::Assembler::initialize ( const State & state )

inline

Set the internal State and initialize.

See setInternalState() and initialize() methods for more information.

Real SimTK::Assembler::assemble ( )

Starting with the current value of the internally-maintained State, modify the q's in it to satisfy all the assembly conditions to within a tolerance.

The actual tolerance achieved is returned as the function value.

Returns: The goal value actually achieved (not the error norm; that is guaranteed to be no greater than the error tolerance if this returns at all.

Real SimTK::Assembler::track ( Real frameTime = -1 )

Continue a series of assembly steps that is already in progress, without restarting or reanalyzing the system, and optionally providing a new frame time.

This is designed for use with a series of assembly frames that are close together so that no heroic measures are needed to go from one to the next. For the first frame, and any time there might be a change to the problem structure or a major change to the state, use assemble() instead of track(). See the Assembler class documentation for more information and usage examples.

Real SimTK::Assembler::assemble ( State & state )

inline

Given an initial value for the State, modify the q's in it to satisfy all the assembly conditions to within a tolerance.

The actual tolerance achieved is returned as the function value.

Parameters

[in,out] state The initial and final State value. Only q's are modified.

Returns: The tolerance actually achieved.

Real SimTK::Assembler::calcCurrentGoal ( ) const

Return the goal value attained by the internal State's current settings for the free q's; this is a weighted sum of the individual goal values for each assembly goal.

Goal values are nonnegative scalars.

Real SimTK::Assembler::calcCurrentErrorNorm ( ) const

This is the weighted norm of the assembly constraint errors directly comparable with the assembly error tolerance setting.

That is, if this number is less than or equal to tolerance (as returned by getErrorToleranceInUse()), then the current state is a feasible assembly solution (although it may not be optimal). Note that by default we use the infinity norm (maximum absolute value of any error term) but that you can specify use of an RMS norm instead via setUseRMSErrorNorm().

See also: getErrorToleranceInUse(), setUseRMSErrorNorm()

void SimTK::Assembler::updateFromInternalState ( State & state ) const

inline

Given an existing State that is suitable for the Assembler's System, update its q's from those found in the Assembler's internal State, leaving everything else unchanged.

We will convert from Euler angles to quaternions if the destination State is set to use quaternions.

void SimTK::Assembler::lockMobilizer ( MobilizedBodyIndex mbx )

inline

Lock this mobilizer at its starting position.

This overrides any individual q specifications, so even if a q was specifically unlocked it will not move until the mobilizer as a whole is unlocked.

void SimTK::Assembler::unlockMobilizer ( MobilizedBodyIndex mbx )

inline

Unlock this mobilizer as a whole; some of its q's may remain locked if they were locked individually.

It is OK if this mobilizer was already unlocked; in that case this does nothing. Attempts to unlock a prescribed mobilizer have no effect; you must disable the mobilizer's Motion object instead.

void SimTK::Assembler::lockQ	(	MobilizedBodyIndex	mbx,
		MobilizerQIndex	qx
	)

inline

Lock one of this mobilizer's q's at its initial value.

Be careful with this method because it requires that you understand the order of the generalized coordinates used by this particular mobilizer during assembly. In particular, the mobilizer will be modeled with Euler angles rather than quaternions and you must know the Euler sequence it uses in that case (that is, body- or space-fixed, 2 or 3 axes, and the rotation order). It is preferable to use lockMobilizer() instead since that will lock all the q's however they are defined. Note that locking individual q's with this method is independent of whole-mobilizer locking. If you unlock the mobilizer with unlockMobilizer(), any q's which have been explicitly locked with lockQ() will remain locked.

void SimTK::Assembler::unlockQ	(	MobilizedBodyIndex	mbx,
		MobilizerQIndex	qx
	)

inline

Unlock one of this mobilizer's q's if it was locked.

Note that this will not take effect immediately if the mobilizer as a whole has been locked with lockMobilizer(); you have to unlockMobilizer() first. This has no effect on a prescribed q.

void SimTK::Assembler::restrictQ	(	MobilizedBodyIndex	mbx,
		MobilizerQIndex	qx,
		Real	lowerBound,
		Real	upperBound
	)

inline

Restrict a q to remain within a given range.

Caution: this requires that you understand the order of the generalized coordinates used by this particular mobilizer during assembly; see lockQ() for a discussion. You can use -Infinity or Infinity to indicate that the q is not bounded in one direction. This has no effect on a prescribed q.

void SimTK::Assembler::unrestrictQ	(	MobilizedBodyIndex	mbx,
		MobilizerQIndex	qx
	)

inline

Unrestrict a particular generalized coordinate q if it was previously restricted.

Note that this is independent of whether the q has been locked with lockMobilizer() or lockQ(); that is, the q may still be locked even though it is now unrestricted. This has no effect on a prescribed q.

int SimTK::Assembler::getNumGoalEvals ( ) const

Return the number of goal evaluations.

int SimTK::Assembler::getNumErrorEvals ( ) const

Return the number of assembly error condition evaluations.

int SimTK::Assembler::getNumGoalGradientEvals ( ) const

Return the number of goal gradient evaluations.

int SimTK::Assembler::getNumErrorJacobianEvals ( ) const

Return the number of assembly error condition Jacobian evaluations.

int SimTK::Assembler::getNumAssemblySteps ( ) const

Return the number of assembly steps; that is, the number of calls to assemble() or track() since last initialization.

int SimTK::Assembler::getNumInitializations ( ) const

Return the number of system initializations performed since this Assembler was created or the most recent resetStats() call.

void SimTK::Assembler::resetStats ( ) const

Reset all counters to zero; except for the number of initializations counter this also happens whenever the assembler system is reinitialized either explicitly or due to system changes.

void SimTK::Assembler::setForceNumericalGradient ( bool yesno )

inline

This is useful for debugging but should not be used otherwise since the analytic gradient is to be preferred.

void SimTK::Assembler::setForceNumericalJacobian ( bool yesno )

inline

This is useful for debugging but should not be used otherwise since the analytic Jacobian is to be preferred.

void SimTK::Assembler::setUseRMSErrorNorm ( bool yesno )

inline

Use an RMS norm for the assembly errors rather than the default infinity norm (max absolute value).

RMS is less stringent and defines success based on on a good "average" case rather than a good worst case. If there are n error terms ei, the default norm is e=max_i(abs(ei)) and the RMS norm is e=sqrt(sum_i(ei^2)/n).

bool SimTK::Assembler::isUsingRMSErrorNorm ( ) const

inline

Determine whether we are currently using the RMS norm for constraint errors; if not we're using the default infinity norm (max absolute value).

void SimTK::Assembler::uninitialize ( ) const

Uninitialize the Assembler.

After this call the Assembler must be initialized again before an assembly study can be performed. Normally this is called automatically when changes are made; you can call it explicitly if you want.

bool SimTK::Assembler::isInitialized ( ) const

inline

Check whether the Assembler has been initialized since the last change was made to its contents.

const State& SimTK::Assembler::getInternalState ( ) const

inline

This provides read-only access to the Assembler's internal State; you probably should use updateFromInternalState() to transfer just q's from the internal state to your own State.

Be aware that the internal state is always maintained using Euler angles for rotations rather than quaternions, while updateFromInternalState() will make sure you get the rotations in the form you want.

void SimTK::Assembler::addReporter ( const EventReporter & reporter )

inline

Given a reference to an EventReporter, use this Reporter to provide progress reporting.

The EventReporter object must be owned by someone else and persist throughout the lifetime of this Assembler object.

int SimTK::Assembler::getNumFreeQs ( ) const

inline

Return the number of q's which are free to be changed by this already-initialized assembly analysis.

The rest of the q's are locked at their initial values or set to their prescribed values.

QIndex SimTK::Assembler::getQIndexOfFreeQ ( FreeQIndex freeQIndex ) const

inline

Return the absolute q index associated with a free q.

Every free q is associated with a q so this will always return a valid index if the free q index is in range.

FreeQIndex SimTK::Assembler::getFreeQIndexOfQ ( QIndex qx ) const

inline

A subset of the q's will be used as free q's for solving the assembly problem.

Given an absolute q index, this will return the corresponding free q index if there is one; otherwise, the returned index will be invalid meaning that this q is currently locked.

Vec2 SimTK::Assembler::getFreeQBounds ( FreeQIndex freeQIndex ) const

inline

Return the allowable range for a particular free q.

If this free q is unrestricted the returned range will be [-Infinity,Infinity].

const MultibodySystem& SimTK::Assembler::getMultibodySystem ( ) const

inline

Return a reference to the MultibodySystem associated with this Assembler (that is, the System that was supplied in the Assembler's constructor.

const SimbodyMatterSubsystem& SimTK::Assembler::getMatterSubsystem ( ) const

inline

Return a reference to the SimbodyMatterSubsystem that is contained in the MultibodySystem that is associated with this Assembler.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

friend class AssemblerSystem

friend

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

Assembler.h

Public Member Functions

Friends

Detailed Description

Basic assembly:

Inverse kinematics (repeated assembly):

Optional settings:

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation

Friends And Related Function Documentation