4.2.5. Options for Functional Section

The options below are the available options in the Functional Section of the pycart.json control file

target: {0.0} | float | float32

target value; functional is weight*(F-target)**N

force: {0} | 1 | 2

axis number of force to use (0-based)

moment: {0} | 1 | 2

axis number of moment to use (0-based)

index: {0} | 1 | 2

index of moment reference point to use (0-based)

N: {1} | int | int32 | int64

value of option “N”

J: {0} | 1

value of option “J”

type: {'optForce'} | 'optMoment' | 'optSensor'

output type

compID: {None} | str

name of component from which to calculate force/moment

parent: {None} | str

name of parent coefficient

frame: {0} | 1

force frame; 0 for body axes and 1 for stability

weight: {1.0} | float | float32

weight multiplier for force’s contribution to total