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this won’t cause errors, but it can create an
undesirable state. Default=30.0.
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Rest Length—The rest length of the mouse
spring. Default=0.0.
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Dampi ng—Thedampingvalueforthemouse
spring. Default=1.0.
Use DirectX—When on, t he 3D rendering in the
preview window uses the DirectX system. When
off, the window uses OpenGL.
reactor Utilities
Utility p ane l > reactor > Utils rollout
menubar>reactor>Utilities
reactor provides a number of helpful utilities
that you can use to ana lyze and optimize your
simulation. For instance, you can check your
reactorworldforthepresenceofanyunusual
physical states that mig ht cause problems w ith the
simulation, such as excessive grav ity, and you can
remove redundant keyfr ames from a generated
animation.
You can a lso access these utilities from the reactor
menu.
Interfa ce
Analyze World —This utility begins by
creating a s imulation. If it finds any errors while
constructing the simulation, such as invalid
numbers of objects in systems or invalid meshes
that would stop the simulation from running, it
reportstheseinadialog.Theseerrorchecksare
always carried out when creating a simulation,
and if any of the tests fail the simulation cannot
continue.