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The RopeJoint restricts the maximum distance between two points. More...
The RopeJoint can be useful to prevent chains of bodies from stretching, even under high load. All 3 properties: bodyA, bodyB and maxLength need to be set to work properly.
Note: If you attempt to change the maximum length during the simulation you will get some non-physical behavior. See DistanceJoint if you want to dynamically change the maxLength.
The DistanceJoint connects two physics bodies with a joint that keeps the distance between these bodies constant. The anchor points are defined relative to the bodies' centers. If no length is specified, it is auto calculated by the distance between the two anchor points.
For a comprehensive documentation of all joints see the Box2D documentation at.
The following example shows how two physics bodies are connected with a RopeJoint. The 3 bodies are connected with 2 RopeJoints, which limits the maximum distance between 2 bodies. By clicking on the window, an impulse to the right can be applied to move the 2 lower bodies. The source code of the full example is provided in the rope folder of the Box2D Examples.
import QtQuick 2.0 import Felgo 3.0 GameWindow { id: screen Scene { id: scene PhysicsWorld { id: world debugDrawVisible: true gravity.y: 10 } Ball { id: ball1 x: 200 y: 30 radius: 15 // make this ball static, otherwise all would fall down // the second ball is connected to the first, and the third to the second bodyType: Body.Static } Square { id: square2 x: 250 y: 30 width: 20 height: 20 } Ball { id: ball3 x: 330 y: 30 radius: 10 } RopeJoint { id: ropeJoint1 // the initial distance between ball1 & ball2 is 50, so the rope is longer than the initial distance maxLength: 70 bodyA: ball1.body bodyB: square2.body //anchors should be in the middle of the items localAnchorA: Qt.point(ball1.width/2, ball1.height/2) localAnchorB: Qt.point(square2.width/2, square2.height/2) } RopeJoint { id: ropeJoint2 // the initial distance between ball2 & ball3 is 80, so the rope is longer than the initial distance maxLength: 100 bodyA: square2.body bodyB: ball3.body //anchors should be in the middle of the items localAnchorA: Qt.point(square2.width/2, square2.height/2) localAnchorB: Qt.point(ball3.width/2, ball3.height/2) } Text { z: 1 // put on top of DebugDraw in QML renderer color: "blue" text: "Click to apply an impulse to the right on the green square in the middle" } } // end of Scene MouseArea { anchors.fill: parent onClicked: { square2.body.applyLinearImpulse(Qt.point(100, 0), square2.body.getWorldCenter()) } } EntityManager { id: entityManager } } maximum length of the rope. By default it is 0.
Note: It must be larger than 0.005 or the joint will have no effect.
Returns the reaction force, in kg*pixels/second^2 for a timestep of length inv_dt, in seconds.
For the Parameter inv_dt, World::timeStep can be used.
This is always 0, since a MouseJoint applies only force and no torque.