Forward dynamic tool and force reporter

[Sina Porsa]

Hi All,
I was wondering if there is a way to run "force reporter analysis" within the "Forward dynamic tool"?
I have an *.OSIM file which has ground-foot contact and I am looking for a *.sto file which has ground contact forces at each time step. Right now, I perform the forward dynamic first and use the the resultant *.mot file as input to force report analysis.
Is there any way to ask forward dynamic tool to save force values (which are calculated during forward dynamic) into a file?
Regards,
Sina

[Ayman Habib]

Hi Sina,

Version 2.3.1 (beta) has the functionality to add Analyses to a Forward Simulation, this should allow you to add the Force Reporter to your Forward Simulation in run them all in one shot. Please give that a try and let us know how it goes.

Cheers,
-Ayman

[Sina Porsa]

Hi Aymen,
Thanks, It's a handy feature. thanks.
Just one question. To enable the ForceReporter analysis I did this:

<ForceReporter name="Force_Reporter">
<on>True</on>

which did not work. I replaced "<on>True</on>" with "<on> true </on>" and it worked.

I'm not if it's a bug or maybe it is case sensitive.
Regards,
Sina

[Ayman Habib]

Hi Sina,

Thanks for trying this out. Yes, looking at the code it appears to accept only lower case. I fixed that so it is case insensitive and would accept either in future releases. Thanks for the find and best regards,
-Ayman