SDK 2.14 - no multibody vehicle?

[Aphex]

Hi all,

Not been here for a while... I just got SDK 2.14 and it appears the multibody vehicle has been removed - can anyone confirm that at all?

cheers,
Martin

[Dave Gravel]

Why 2.14 and not 2.16 ?
Anyway, normally the multibody is present on all version.
I have follow pretty much all version and the multibody is present in.
Just it don't have official demo.

[PJani]

You need to use multibody vehicle from jointlibrary!

[Aphex]

Hmm... I open up the jointlibrary header file and see the multibodyVehicle interface commented out (and there is no CustomJoint class any more - maybe migrated to UserJoint?) Maybe the method of using it has changed since I last got the sdk - it's been a while

// JOINTLIBRARY_API NewtonUserJoint *CreateCustomMultiBodyVehicle (const dFloat* frontDir, const dFloat* upDir, const NewtonBody* carBody);

[PJani]

hmm
that JointLibrary.h is c interface if i am not wrong.

You need to look in CustomMultiBodyVehicle.h you include it directly. I am very sure it its and it works, because i am using it, bit modified, to create body wheels outside.

[Aphex]

Interesting - I used it through that main header last time. I'll give the MultiBodyVehicle header a try...

[Aphex]

Argh not this again! I remember having this problem a while ago. Including CustomMultiBodyVehicle.h pulls in the whole of Newton's math lib and everything else, which is unacceptable for me
Are there plans to return the interface to JointLibrary.h?

[Julio Jerez]

but the math libray is only few files. I need to have tool to write the code.
You not really need to use it, you can just derive a class from it and do the conversion to your own class.

if you check the c interface of the Joint library, it is typeless, you cna hiode all teh Neton SDK math stuff the same way.

[Aphex]

Well I just uncommented the interface in JointLibrary for now and it seems to work ok