Space Shuttle Ultra development thread

[DaveS]

Looks like the Offset in Y direction is too extreme, it is 20 cm higher as the yaw/pitch joins.

Tried that and not much change for the better.

 

[Urwumpe]

Tried that and not much change for the better.

Did you correct the right animation?

 

[Donamy]

Urwumpe,
The wrist does roll !!!

The endeffector with camera to line up on grapple target.

I will redo the animations exact in a .ini file and send them to you Dave.

 

[DaveS]

Did you correct the right animation?

It's this one right:

[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]
static[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] UINT RMSEndEffectorGrp[1] = {GRP_endeffecter_RMS};
rms_anim[5] = [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]new[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] MGROUP_ROTATE (ridx, RMSEndEffectorGrp, 1,
_V(-2.86, 2.133, -5.055), _V(0, 0, 1), ([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]float[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2])(894*RAD)); [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#008000]// -447 .. +447
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]anim_arm_wr = CreateAnimation (0.5);
parent = AddAnimationComponent (anim_arm_wr, 0, 1, rms_anim[5], parent);
[/SIZE]

 

[DaveS]

Urwumpe,
The wrist does roll !!!

The endeffector with camera to line up on grapple target.

I will redo the animations exact in a .ini file and send them to you Dave.

Thanks Donamy! Did you read my earlier message about the Canada logos?

 

[Urwumpe]

It's this one right:

Yes, and it seems like the rotation axis is slightly offset - but it is possible that the offset is actually in X and the rotation for deploying the MPMs makes it look like a Y offset to us.

 

[Donamy]

Thanks Donamy! Did you read my earlier message about the Canada logos?

There should be 2 rectangles that are the logo's, Did they get deleted ??

 

[DaveS]

Here's a screemshot of the blocked Canada logo on the inboard side of the RMS.

 

[Donamy]

Your using an old RMs.dds I'll send you the newer one.

 

[DaveS]

Your using an old RMs.dds I'll send you the newer one.

OK, thanks. I'll be standing by for that one and the ini file with the new coordiantes.

 

[Donamy]

Question : Should I break up the mesh and have an elbow camera usable ??

 

[DaveS]

Question : Should I break up the mesh and have an elbow camera usable ??

Well, it would be nice to have it as another RMS view.

 

[Donamy]

Can it be used ??

 

[DaveS]

Can it be used ??

I'm sure if you add it, someone would be inclined to add the code to make it work.

 

[Donamy]

I wish the chopping could be fixed with the wrist camera.

 

[DaveS]

I wish the chopping could be fixed with the wrist camera.

Maybe SetClipRadius could be used?

 

[SiameseCat]

Also I think we could make the animation code a bit less complex by making the tip vector calculations a child of the yaw actuator, instead of adding a unused rotation...

The wrist VECTOR3 list has a separate animation because combining it with the wrist roll animation causes the attachment point and the wrist to roll at different rates.

 

[Donamy]

I doubt you're still awake, but I finished it. The camera works nicely.

 

[DaveS]

I doubt you're still awake, but I finished it. The camera works nicely.

Thanks, got the files but the Canada logo problem still remains.

I also checked in the new updated RMS joint data that Donamy so kindley sent me. Although, the shoulder pitch joint could need a trimming as it is slightly below the rotation point when stowed in the 0­° position.

Edit:
Here's the data for the RMS elbow camera:

;Elbowcam pan
[ANIM_SEQ_8]
KEY=3
DURATION=10.
INIT_POS=0.5
PAUSE=1
 
;Elbowcam tilt
[ANIM_SEQ_9]
KEY=7
DURATION=18.
INIT_POS=0.2
PAUSE=1
 
; elbowcam pan left
[ANIM_COMP_8]
SEQ=8
RANGE=(0,1)
GROUPS=6
TYPE=ROTATE
ROT_AXIS=(0, 1, 0)
ROT_PNT=(-2.77,2.38,2.07)
ANGLE=360.
PARENT=2
 
; elbowcam tilt up
[ANIM_COMP_9]
SEQ=9
RANGE=(0,1)
GROUPS=5
TYPE=ROTATE
ROT_AXIS=(1, 0, 0)
ROT_PNT=(-2.77,2.66,2.07)
ANGLE=290.
PARENT=8

 

[Donamy]

The joint is allowed to go below Zero, maybe we need C3PO to figure the timing sequence.