Properties

Figure 1  Tension Sensor property page

•     Mother Body: Defines the body on which the Tension Sensor is fixed.

•     Sensed Entity: Defines the sensed entity by the Tension Sensor of MTT3D.

•    If MTT3DAssembly is set, all sheets defined in the assembly become a sensing target.

•    If a sheet body is set, only the sheet becomes a sensing target.

•     Position: Defines the center point of Tension Sensor. The user can input this value as the Parametric Point.

•     Range: Defines the detecting range of Tension Sensor. The user can input this value as the Parametric Value.

•     Color: Allows selecting the graphic color of Tension Sensor.

Use Depth Information: Defines the sensing region by using the Normal Direction and Depth. The shape of sensing region is the cylinder type defined by the end point (Position), the radius (Range), the length (Depth), the lengthwise direction (Normal Direction) as shown in Figure 2. And the result tension is an averaging value of the nearest all sheet elements in some cylindrical segment centers like as Figure 4. The number of segment is defined a maximum number of nodes of the longitudinal or lateral nodes in the all including sheets of the MTT3D system.

If Depth information is not use, the shape of sensing region is the sphere type, which radius is same as range. And the tension is a calculated with a nearest sheet element.

Figure 2  sensing region when the Use Depth Information is checked

Figure 3  sensing region when the Use Depth Information is unchecked

Figure 4  Tension Sensor Depth Option