Contact force from ForceReporter

[Anne Schmitz]

When I run Forward Dynamics on a model that has contact, I get forces and torques for the contact elements from the ForceReporter. Are these forces applied to a body's origin? i.e. this is not the force applied to the body at the center of pressure right? since at COP would mean torques are 0.

[jimmy d]

Hi Anne,

Unfortunately there isnt much documentation around describing this. The reporter force is the net force of the contact between the two contact surfaces. It will report the 6 net force components (Fx, Fy, Fz, Mx, My, Mz). There currently is no way of accessing the individual forces between elements using the API.

Cheers,
-james