Joint pin question

[GorzenDev]

first i like to say happy new year to all and i wish you a safe and productive year.

 

 

i have a question about the pin argument of creating a joint.

 

after playing around with joints it looks like the pin argument is in global space.

 

how would i go about setting a joint's pin orientation based on some local rotation?

 

for example 2 cubes binded by a hinge joint with a pin value of Vec3(1,0,0) X axis

looks alright when both cubes are aligned with 0 rotation.

 

but whenever i bind 2 cubes togheter with some rotation in mind the result is always global axis based?

 

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Edit:

 

currently i have a workaround

which involves aligning both cubes to a global axis then bind them with the joint:hinge

then rotate it all back to there origional state.

the joint then rotates as if local to the parented cube.

 

but i assume there must be a better way.?

please help.

[Josh]

Use the transform commands to figure out the global axis from the local axis you want:

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/api-reference/_/transform/

 

You probably want this command:

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/api-reference/_/transform/transformnormal-r545

[GorzenDev]

thank you very much just what i needed.

feel a bit stupid i missed that

[Josh]

Not a problem, welcome aboard!