Components for Rigid Body Centroidal Inertia Measures
The rigid body centroidal inertia measure reports the centroidal inertia of the rigid body with respect to a selected frame of reference, and as expressed in a selected coordinate system. When you create a centroidal inertia measure, you must specify the following options:
Components
Ixx—The component aligned with the X axis in the selected coordinate system.
Iyy—The component aligned with the Y axis in the selected coordinate system.
Izz—The component aligned with the Z axis in the selected coordinate system.
Ixy—The component in the XY plane of the selected coordinate system.
Ixz—The component in the XZ plane of the selected coordinate system.
Iyz—The component in the YZ plane of the selected coordinate system.
Reference
COM—Centroidal inertia is calculated at the rigid body's center of mass.
LCS—Centroidal inertia is calculated at the selected rigid body's local coordinate system.
Coordinate System—Accept the default, which is the ground body WCS, or select a coordinate system on another rigid body in the mechanism. Centroidal inertia values are expressed in the selected coordinate system.
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