Ball
Rigid sphere
Description
Connections
Parameters
The Ball component models a homogeneous ball-like rigid body with a predefined density.
Name
Modelica ID
Center of ball
frame_a
Default
Units
Ball radius
R
0
m
Ball inner radius
R_i
Select density
Steel 7860 (kg/m^3)
Select a predefined material density
selectDensity
1000
Ball user-defined material density
customDensity
Use initial conditions
false
True means parameters for specifying initial conditions for CoM (frame_a) are enabled. Refer to: Rigid Body
useICs
Show visualization
true
True means the ball geometry is visible in the 3-D playback
visualization
Transparent
True means the geometry is transparent in the 3-D playback
transparent
Color
Ball color in the 3-D playback
color
See Also
Machine Elements
Multibody
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