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This completes the Getting Started with AnyScript tutorial. The final result of the efforts is in
demo.arm2d.any
.
Interface features
This tutorial deals with the interface features of the AnyBody Modeling System. Before trying your luck with
this tutorial, please complete the Getting Started with AnyScript tutorial
.
Much of the interface works like other types of windows software; you can copy and paste data, and you can
arrange the various windows as you would expect. But AnyBody does computations that no other computer
system is capable of, and this calls for some special features.
We need something to work on. Please download this file
, save it in a working directory of your choice, and
load it into the AnyBody Modeling System.
The squat problem
The file you have loaded is a squat example. It is a 2-D model and
contains only a single leg with eight muscles. The strength and mass of
the single leg correspond roughly to two ordinary legs.
The arm of the model is used for balance. It does not have any muscles,
and it has no explicit driver attached, but if you run the kinematic
analysis or the inverse dynamic analysis on the model you will see that
the arm moves to maintain the balance of the model. This is because the
model has a driver on the position of the collective center of mass
requiring it to be directly above the contact point with the ground, which
the model accommodates by movement of the arm.
This tutorial consists of the following lessons:
• Lesson 1: Windows and workspaces
• Lesson 2: Editor Window Facilities
• Lesson 3: The Model View Window
• Lesson 4: The Chart View