[ODE] Re: Measurement System

Amund Børsand amund at c2i.net
Thu Apr 10 07:33:01 2003


<lukasz@datafast.net.au> skreiv:

> Just to clarify, does this mean that stepsize in the dWorldStep function is
> equal to your choice of unit of time? That is, if I choose seconds then
> dWorldStep(id, 0.01) will step the world one hundred'th of a second?

Yes, but that of course requires you to use the same time unit for all
other sizes, i.e. if you were to use minutes in dWorldStep, you'd have
to calculate your gravity constant, typically 9.81 m/s2, to m/minutes2,
if you understand. It would probably be very confusing...