Tag for muscle in actuator file

[Gary Lu]

To whom it may concern,
I had a question about the actuator file for CMC. There are some actuator tags we can use for coordinate or joint are <CoordinateActuator> or <PointActuator> ,<TorqueActuator> . I was wondering what tag should I use for the muscle I want to add into the actuator file?

[Ayman Habib]

Hi Gary,

You typically don't add muscles into actuator files, you add them to the model file so they're incorporated/considered in all tools (e.g. CMC, FD). May help if you can explain at a higher level what you're trying to accomplish.

Thank you,
-Ayman

[Gary Lu]

Thanks a lot for your reply, Ayman.
I think I understand your explanation. I first thought that I might have to use a tag to add a muscle into the actuator file to adjust its properties but I forgot that I can adjust them in the .osim file. So I'm OK with this now. thanks again.