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Adjust "optimal fiber length" and "tendon slack length"

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 8:30 am

by bigles

Hi all,

I changed muscle pathes of a model. The tendon-muscle-length is now shorter or smaller.
How do I need to adjust the OFL and TSL so that is appropriate? Is it linear?

Thanks, Jonas

Re: Adjust "optimal fiber length" and "tendon slack length"

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:02 pm

by backdrifts

Hi Jonas,

you can use this plugin to scale the muscle parameters https://simtk.org/home/opt_muscle_par
you can read the full description in the associated paper http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar ... 9015006363

Claudio

Re: Adjust "optimal fiber length" and "tendon slack length"

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 1:08 am

by bigles

Thanks Claudio!! Exactly what I was looking for! =)