source: code/branches/Boxhead_FS19/src/external/bullet/BulletDynamics/ConstraintSolver/btUniversalConstraint.h @ 12216

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#ifndef BT_UNIVERSAL_CONSTRAINT_H
#define BT_UNIVERSAL_CONSTRAINT_H



#include "LinearMath/btVector3.h"
#include "btTypedConstraint.h"
#include "btGeneric6DofConstraint.h"



/// Constraint similar to ODE Universal Joint
/// has 2 rotatioonal degrees of freedom, similar to Euler rotations around Z (axis 1)
/// and Y (axis 2)
/// Description from ODE manual : 
/// "Given axis 1 on body 1, and axis 2 on body 2 that is perpendicular to axis 1, it keeps them perpendicular. 
/// In other words, rotation of the two bodies about the direction perpendicular to the two axes will be equal."

class btUniversalConstraint : public btGeneric6DofConstraint
{
protected:
        btVector3       m_anchor;
        btVector3       m_axis1;
        btVector3       m_axis2;
public:
        // constructor
        // anchor, axis1 and axis2 are in world coordinate system
        // axis1 must be orthogonal to axis2
    btUniversalConstraint(btRigidBody& rbA, btRigidBody& rbB, btVector3& anchor, btVector3& axis1, btVector3& axis2);
        // access
        const btVector3& getAnchor() { return m_calculatedTransformA.getOrigin(); }
        const btVector3& getAnchor2() { return m_calculatedTransformB.getOrigin(); }
        const btVector3& getAxis1() { return m_axis1; }
        const btVector3& getAxis2() { return m_axis2; }
        btScalar getAngle1() { return getAngle(2); }
        btScalar getAngle2() { return getAngle(1); }
        // limits
        void setUpperLimit(btScalar ang1max, btScalar ang2max) { setAngularUpperLimit(btVector3(0.f, ang1max, ang2max)); }
        void setLowerLimit(btScalar ang1min, btScalar ang2min) { setAngularLowerLimit(btVector3(0.f, ang1min, ang2min)); }

        void setAxis( const btVector3& axis1, const btVector3& axis2);
};



#endif // BT_UNIVERSAL_CONSTRAINT_H