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What is the difference between Drive Joint and Edit Joint Limits?

petrara — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:17:59 GMT

From manual: Drive joint: Specify the rotation angle or distance value for joint degrees of freedom.

But then, the same thing can be achieved by editing a joint and apply Joint Limits (Max/Min and optional Resting)...

So, is it any difference between those two, or is just another duplicate command with the sole purpose to confuse users even more?

Many thanks.

Re: What is the difference between Drive Joint and Edit Joint Limits?

jhackney1972 — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 02:18:26 GMT

Drive Joint is a "one time" command to tell a joint to go to a particular position allowed by the joint and the joint limits. Joint limits on the other hand are a constant set value to limit an allowed joint motion within a min and max value. Take a look at the Screencast, I try to explain it with a Slot and Pin Joint.

As stated before, you cannot use the Drive Joint command to drive the value of the joint motion "past" the assigned joint limit.

Re: What is the difference between Drive Joint and Edit Joint Limits?

wfarren — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 10:48:26 GMT

Thanks for explaining this, especially with a video. Very helpful.