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Set Shape Factors by code

pretty0329 — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 02:13:01 GMT

[ FlexSim 24.0.8 ]

In my simulation, the robot needs to change the gripper appearance during runtime (specifically at Robot Joint6).

However, after changing the appearance, I also need to adjust the gripper's size and position accordingly using shape factors, as shown in the image.

How can I control this dynamically through code during the simulation?

Re: Set Shape Factors by code

moehlmann_fe — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 06:09:40 GMT

You can access the nodes where the shape factor values are stored with offset_(object). The _ is meant as a placeholder for the various possible options here. Namely x, y, z, sx, sy, sz, rx, ry, rz. These access the position, size and rotation shape factor for the x, y and z axis respectively.

For example, setting the size offset along the x axis would look like this.

Object robot = ...;
offsetsx(robot).value = ...;