Node sensor

The Node sensor can be added in Ashes by right clicking on the node and toggling the sensor, as shown on the picture below. Note that it is easier to visualize the nodes in wireframe mode by clicking the Wireframe button in the top ribbon of the Simulation window.






The output of the node sensor are given in the global coordinate system (see Coordinate systems for more info)

The Node sensor provides the following fields

FieldUnitDescription
Position (x)mposition of the node in the x-direction
Position (y)mposition of the node in the y-direction
Position (z)mposition of the node in the z-direction
Displacementm3-component vector with the displacement of the node with respect to its initial position
Displacement (u)mdisplacement of the node in the x-direction
Displacement (v)mdisplacement of the node in the y-direction
Diplacement (w)mdisplacement of the node in the z-direction
Displacement magnitudemmagnitude of the displacement of the node
Velocitym.s-13-component vector with the velocity of the node
Speedm.s-1magnitude of the velocity of the node
Accelerationm.s-23-component vector with the acceleration of the node
Acceleration magnitudem.s-2magnitude of the acceleration of the node
Rotational displacementdeg3-component vector with the rotational displacement of the node with respect to its initial position
Rotational displacement (ru)deg
rotational displacement around the x-axis
Rotational displacement (rv)deg
rotational displacement around the y-axis
Rotational displacement (rw)deg
rotational displacement around the z-axis
Rotational magnitudedeg
magnitude of the rotational displacement vector
Rotational velocitydeg.s-13-component vector of the rotational velocity of the node
Rotational speeddeg.s-1magnitude of the rotational velocity
Rotational accelerationdeg.s-23-component vector of the rotational acceleration of the node
Rotational acceleration magnitudedeg.s-2magnitude of the rotational acceleration