Coupler Coordinate Constraints implementation

[Pablo Delgado]

Greetings,

I am trying to constraints two coordinates, let's say q1 and q2. I want this relationship q2 = -q1, however, I always end up with q2 = q1. Please look below to the code implementation:

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<CoordinateCouplerConstraint name="q1_q2_con">		
	<isEnforced>true</isEnforced>
	<coupled_coordinates_function>
		<SimmSpline name="f22">
			<x>0 1</x>
			<y>0 -1</y>
		</SimmSpline>
	</coupled_coordinates_function> 
	<independent_coordinate_names>q1</independent_coordinate_names>
        <dependent_coordinate_name>q2</dependent_coordinate_name>
        <scale_factor>1</scale_factor>
</CoordinateCouplerConstraint>

Can anyone help me with this?

[Carmichael Ong]

Sounds like using a LinearFunction could be more straightforward than a spline to do this.

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<LinearFunction name="function">
	<coefficients> -1 0 </coefficients>
</LinearFunction>

[Carmichael Ong]

By the way, testing on a simple double pendulum, both the SimmSpline you have and the LinearFuction are equivalent, so it's likely you'll get the same behavior in your model after this change too. In case the change doesn't help, consider double checking the definitions of your coordinates to make sure one of them isn't opposite of what is expected.

[Pablo Delgado]

By the way, testing on a simple double pendulum, both the SimmSpline you have and the LinearFuction are equivalent, so it's likely you'll get the same behavior in your model after this change too. In case the change doesn't help, consider double checking the definitions of your coordinates to make sure one of them isn't opposite of what is expected.

Thank you, I will try and let you know how it works!