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About Measures Available for Display Arrows
You can set arrows for the following types of measure on the Display Arrows tab of the Playbacks dialog box:
Connection reaction (motion axis)—Cyan arrow with the tip at the specified motion axis, pointing in the direction of the joint's DOF.
Connection reaction (cams)—Cyan arrow. For normal reaction forces, the tip is at the point of contact between the two cams, pointing normal to the cam. For tangential reaction forces, the tip is at the point of contact between the two cams, pointing in a direction tangential to the cam.
Connection reaction (slots)—Cyan arrow with the tip pointing to the contact between the follower point and the slot.
Connection reaction (gear pairs)—Cyan arrow with the tip pointing to the gear body that the force or torque is exerted on.
Net load—Magenta arrow pointing at the motion axis for motors, at the point for forces, at the body's COM for torques or, for point-to-point springs and dampers, extending between the points used to define the entity. The arrow points in the direction of the applied force.
Loadcell reaction—Dark green arrow with the tip at the point where force is applied, pointing in the direction of the force.
Velocity—Yellow arrow with the tip at the specified point or motion axis, pointing in the specified direction.
Acceleration—Red arrow with the tip at the specified point or motion axis, pointing in the specified direction.
Weight—Brown arrow pointing in the direction of the gravitational acceleration.
Distance separation–Two collinear, magenta arrows pointing away from each other, with the tips at the specified points.
Speed separation—Two collinear, yellow arrows with the tips at the specified points. When the points move away from each other, the velocity is negative and the arrows point toward each other. When the points move towards each other, the velocity is positive and the arrows point away from each other.
Change of speed separation—Two collinear, red arrows with the tips at the specified points, pointing towards each other for negative values and away from each other for positive values.