Items reference manual

Reference manual for: objects, nodes, markers, loads and sensors

This chapter includes the reference manual for all objects (bodies/constraints), nodes, markers, loads and sensors (= items). For description of types (e.g., the meaning of Vector3D or NumpyMatrix), see Common types.

• Node
  • General info for all nodes
  • NodePoint
  • NodePoint2D
  • NodeRigidBodyEP
  • NodeRigidBodyRxyz
  • NodeRigidBodyRotVecLG
  • NodeRigidBody2D
  • Node1D
  • NodePoint2DSlope1
  • NodePointSlope1
  • NodePointSlope12
  • NodePointSlope23
  • NodeGenericODE2
  • NodeGenericODE1
  • NodeGenericAE
  • NodeGenericData
  • NodePointGround
• Object (Body)
  • General info for all bodies
  • ObjectGround
  • ObjectMassPoint
  • ObjectMassPoint2D
  • ObjectMass1D
  • ObjectRotationalMass1D
  • ObjectRigidBody
  • ObjectRigidBody2D
• Object (SuperElement)
  • General info for all super elements
  • ObjectGenericODE2
  • ObjectKinematicTree
  • ObjectFFRF
  • ObjectFFRFreducedOrder
• Object (Object)
  • General info for all objects
  • ObjectGenericODE1
• Object (FiniteElement)
  • General info for all finite elements
  • ObjectANCFCable
  • ObjectANCFCable2D
  • ObjectALEANCFCable2D
  • ObjectANCFBeam
  • ObjectBeamGeometricallyExact2D
  • ObjectBeamGeometricallyExact
  • ObjectANCFThinPlate
• Object (Connector)
  • General info for all connectors
  • ObjectConnectorSpringDamper
  • ObjectConnectorCartesianSpringDamper
  • ObjectConnectorRigidBodySpringDamper
  • ObjectConnectorLinearSpringDamper
  • ObjectConnectorTorsionalSpringDamper
  • ObjectConnectorCoordinateSpringDamper
  • ObjectConnectorCoordinateSpringDamperExt
  • ObjectConnectorGravity
  • ObjectConnectorHydraulicActuatorSimple
  • ObjectConnectorReevingSystemSprings
  • ObjectConnectorRollingDiscPenalty
  • ObjectContactConvexRoll
  • ObjectContactCoordinate
  • ObjectContactCircleCable2D
  • ObjectContactFrictionCircleCable2D
  • ObjectContactSphereSphere
  • ObjectContactSphereTorus
  • ObjectContactSphereTriangle
  • ObjectContactCurveCircles
• Object (Constraint)
  • General info for all constraints
  • ObjectConnectorDistance
  • ObjectConnectorCoordinate
  • ObjectConnectorCoordinateVector
• Object (Joint)
  • General info for all joints
  • ObjectJointGeneric
  • ObjectJointRevoluteZ
  • ObjectJointPrismaticX
  • ObjectJointSpherical
  • ObjectJointRollingDisc
  • ObjectJointRevolute2D
  • ObjectJointPrismatic2D
  • ObjectJointSliding
  • ObjectJointSliding2D
  • ObjectJointALEMoving2D
• Marker
  • General info for all markers
  • MarkerBodyMass
  • MarkerBodyPosition
  • MarkerBodyRigid
  • MarkerNodePosition
  • MarkerNodeRigid
  • MarkerNodeCoordinate
  • MarkerNodeCoordinates
  • MarkerNodeODE1Coordinate
  • MarkerNodeRotationCoordinate
  • MarkerBodiesRelativeTranslationCoordinate
  • MarkerBodiesRelativeRotationCoordinate
  • MarkerSuperElementPosition
  • MarkerSuperElementRigid
  • MarkerKinematicTreeRigid
  • MarkerObjectODE2Coordinates
  • MarkerBodyCable2DShape
  • MarkerBodyCable2DCoordinates
  • MarkerBodyBeamShape
• Load
  • General info for all loads
  • LoadForceVector
  • LoadTorqueVector
  • LoadMassProportional
  • LoadCoordinate
• Sensor
  • General info for all sensors
  • SensorNode
  • SensorObject
  • SensorBody
  • SensorSuperElement
  • SensorKinematicTree
  • SensorMarker
  • SensorLoad
  • SensorUserFunction

Parameter changes

The item parameters that were renamed or are deprecated; each still works and gives a DeprecationWarning, and the page of the item lists it below its parameters:

• ObjectALEANCFCable2D: physicsAddALEvariation → addALEvariation (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectALEANCFCable2D: physicsAxialDamping → axialDamping (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectALEANCFCable2D: physicsAxialStiffness → axialStiffness (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectALEANCFCable2D: physicsBendingDamping → bendingDamping (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectALEANCFCable2D: physicsBendingStiffness → bendingStiffness (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectALEANCFCable2D: physicsLength → length (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectALEANCFCable2D: physicsMassPerLength → massPerLength (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectALEANCFCable2D: physicsMovingMassFactor → movingMassFactor (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectALEANCFCable2D: physicsReferenceAxialStrain → referenceAxialStrain (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectALEANCFCable2D: physicsReferenceCurvature → referenceCurvature (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectALEANCFCable2D: physicsUseCouplingTerms → useCouplingTerms (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFBeam: physicsLength → length (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable: physicsAxialDamping → axialDamping (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable: physicsAxialStiffness → axialStiffness (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable: physicsBendingDamping → bendingDamping (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable: physicsBendingStiffness → bendingStiffness (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable: physicsLength → length (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable: physicsMassPerLength → massPerLength (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable: physicsReferenceAxialStrain → referenceAxialStrain (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable2D: physicsAxialDamping → axialDamping (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable2D: physicsAxialStiffness → axialStiffness (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable2D: physicsBendingDamping → bendingDamping (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable2D: physicsBendingStiffness → bendingStiffness (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable2D: physicsLength → length (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable2D: physicsMassPerLength → massPerLength (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable2D: physicsReferenceAxialStrain → referenceAxialStrain (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFCable2D: physicsReferenceCurvature → referenceCurvature (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFThinPlate: physicsCurvatureCoefficients → curvatureCoefficients (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFThinPlate: physicsDensity → density (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFThinPlate: physicsMassProportionalDamping → massProportionalDamping (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFThinPlate: physicsStrainCoefficients → strainCoefficients (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectANCFThinPlate: physicsThickness → thickness (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectBeamGeometricallyExact: physicsLength → length (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectBeamGeometricallyExact2D: physicsAxialDamping → axialDamping (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectBeamGeometricallyExact2D: physicsAxialStiffness → axialStiffness (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectBeamGeometricallyExact2D: physicsBendingDamping → bendingDamping (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectBeamGeometricallyExact2D: physicsBendingStiffness → bendingStiffness (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectBeamGeometricallyExact2D: physicsCrossSectionInertia → crossSectionInertia (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectBeamGeometricallyExact2D: physicsLength → length (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectBeamGeometricallyExact2D: physicsMassPerLength → massPerLength (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectBeamGeometricallyExact2D: physicsReferenceCurvature → referenceCurvature (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectBeamGeometricallyExact2D: physicsShearDamping → shearDamping (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectBeamGeometricallyExact2D: physicsShearStiffness → shearStiffness (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectConnectorCoordinate: factorValue1 → factor1 (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectConnectorCoordinateSpringDamperExt: fDynamicFriction → dynamicFrictionForce (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectConnectorCoordinateSpringDamperExt: fStaticFrictionOffset → staticFrictionOffsetForce (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectConnectorCoordinateSpringDamperExt: fViscousFriction → viscousFrictionFactor (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectConnectorRigidBodySpringDamper: intrinsicFormulation → useIntrinsicFormulation (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectConnectorRigidBodySpringDamper: rotationMarker0 is deprecated (since 1.12.244, removed in 2031): give the rotation to marker 0 as its localHT, e.g. MarkerBodyRigid(bodyNumber=b, localHT=exu.HT(rotation=A, translation=p))

• ObjectConnectorRigidBodySpringDamper: rotationMarker1 is deprecated (since 1.12.244, removed in 2031): give the rotation to marker 1 as its localHT, e.g. MarkerBodyRigid(bodyNumber=b, localHT=exu.HT(rotation=A, translation=p))

• ObjectConnectorRollingDiscPenalty: rollingFrictionViscous → rollingViscousFriction (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectConnectorTorsionalSpringDamper: rotationMarker0 is deprecated (since 1.12.244, removed in 2031): give the rotation to marker 0 as its localHT, e.g. MarkerBodyRigid(bodyNumber=b, localHT=exu.HT(rotation=A, translation=p))

• ObjectConnectorTorsionalSpringDamper: rotationMarker1 is deprecated (since 1.12.244, removed in 2031): give the rotation to marker 1 as its localHT, e.g. MarkerBodyRigid(bodyNumber=b, localHT=exu.HT(rotation=A, translation=p))

• ObjectContactSphereTorus: radiusSphere → sphereRadius (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectContactSphereTriangle: radiusSphere → sphereRadius (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectFFRFreducedOrder: physicsCenterOfMass → centerOfMass (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectFFRFreducedOrder: physicsCenterOfMassTilde → centerOfMassTilde (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectFFRFreducedOrder: physicsInertia → inertia (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectFFRFreducedOrder: physicsMass → mass (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectJointGeneric: rotationMarker0 is deprecated (since 1.12.244, removed in 2031): give the rotation to marker 0 as its localHT, e.g. MarkerBodyRigid(bodyNumber=b, localHT=exu.HT(rotation=A, translation=p))

• ObjectJointGeneric: rotationMarker1 is deprecated (since 1.12.244, removed in 2031): give the rotation to marker 1 as its localHT, e.g. MarkerBodyRigid(bodyNumber=b, localHT=exu.HT(rotation=A, translation=p))

• ObjectJointPrismaticX: rotationMarker0 is deprecated (since 1.12.244, removed in 2031): give the rotation to marker 0 as its localHT, e.g. MarkerBodyRigid(bodyNumber=b, localHT=exu.HT(rotation=A, translation=p))

• ObjectJointPrismaticX: rotationMarker1 is deprecated (since 1.12.244, removed in 2031): give the rotation to marker 1 as its localHT, e.g. MarkerBodyRigid(bodyNumber=b, localHT=exu.HT(rotation=A, translation=p))

• ObjectJointRevoluteZ: rotationMarker0 is deprecated (since 1.12.244, removed in 2031): give the rotation to marker 0 as its localHT, e.g. MarkerBodyRigid(bodyNumber=b, localHT=exu.HT(rotation=A, translation=p))

• ObjectJointRevoluteZ: rotationMarker1 is deprecated (since 1.12.244, removed in 2031): give the rotation to marker 1 as its localHT, e.g. MarkerBodyRigid(bodyNumber=b, localHT=exu.HT(rotation=A, translation=p))

• ObjectJointSliding2D: classicalFormulation → useClassicalFormulation (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectMass1D: physicsMass → mass (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectMassPoint: physicsMass → mass (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectMassPoint2D: physicsMass → mass (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectRigidBody: physicsCenterOfMass → centerOfMass (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectRigidBody: physicsInertia → inertia (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectRigidBody: physicsMass → mass (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectRigidBody2D: physicsCenterOfMass → centerOfMass (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectRigidBody2D: physicsInertia → inertia (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectRigidBody2D: physicsMass → mass (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)

• ObjectRotationalMass1D: physicsInertia → inertia (changed in version 1.12.258, removed in 2031)