41.2.6. Ground

  • Ground is the road that is made by Road Data in Ground body

  • When the road is similar flat and the number of patches of road is small, the road does not need to move and use Ground.

  • In Ground, the Tire Geometry of Tire body is not used for Contact but the only visual geometry.

  • The real contact geometry is the torus shape that is defined in the tire property page.

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    Figure 41.16 Tire Property dialog box

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    Figure 41.17 Contact Geometry

Step to contact Ground

  1. Click the Ground icon of the Body group in the Professional tab.

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  2. Make lines using curves.

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  3. Create a road using the Road Data group in the Ground tab.

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  4. Select Ground in Contact Type of the properties of Tire dialog box.

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