Vessel Space Exploration Vehicle

[gattispilot]

Added and animated all 3 arms. But only the first and second parts animate correctly. Have gotten the third pieces to follow them.

   	static UINT ARM2A_groups[1] = {40};//arm2a
	static MGROUP_ROTATE ARM2A (0, ARM2A_groups, 1, _V (0, .717842,  1.606504), _V (1, 0, 0), (float) (0.75*PI));

	   	static UINT ARM2B_groups[1] = {39};//arm2b
ARM2B =	new MGROUP_ROTATE  (0, ARM2B_groups, 1, _V (0, 1.143031 , .719682), _V (-1, 0, 0), (float) (0.90*PI));

		   	static UINT ARM2C_groups[2] = {38,76};//136//	static MGROUP_ROTATE ARM2C (0, ARM2C_groups, 2, _V (0, .743874,  1.615181), _V (1, 0, 0), (float) (0.45*PI));
ARM2C= new MGROUP_ROTATE(0, ARM2C_groups, 2, _V (0,  .7456095,  1.613446), _V (1, 0, 0), (float) (0.90*PI));

			anim_ARM2 = CreateAnimation (0.0);
			
			anim_ARM2A = CreateAnimation (0.0);
			anim_ARM2B = CreateAnimation (0.0);
			anim_ARM2C = CreateAnimation (0.0);
parent = AddAnimationComponent (anim_ARM2, .6, 1, &ARM2A);
	AddAnimationComponent (anim_ARM2, .3, .6, ARM2B, parent);
	AddAnimationComponent (anim_ARM2, .3, .6, ARM2C, parent);

Not sure about the white robotic arms. Haven't seen any good views of the newest version

 

[T.Neo]

I may be missing something here, but the petals don't look large enough to me.

Also, I never realised how small the SEV is! It looks downright miniature next to Node 3.

 

[gattispilot]

Petals?

here is a nasa artist drawing.

It is the coding part that is stopping me. I think the gold arms need to be 2 parents?

I am trying it in SC3

 

[T.Neo]

Petals?

The metallic scoop-shaped objects situated radially on the docking port at 120 degree intervals.

 

[gattispilot]

Those are hatches that open up so you can eva. look at my image #33. That has that area open and 2 suits in the area.

http://i.space.com/images/i/12115/i02/sev-approaches-asteroid.jpg


Like the LER it will show a missing suit if you eva from it.

the new arms

 

[Tacolev]

Those are hatches that open up so you can eva. look at my image #33. That has that area open and 2 suits in the area.

I believe T. Neo is referring to the APAS/LIDS petals, which do look a little small.

 

[gattispilot]

Ok. I see now. I use the Orion capsule mesh for a sample. Is there another mesh that has those.

Also the standard iss has 4 petals

I didn't see the grey dockinging ring in the Std ISS mesh.

Should the the ring mesh together

 

[Tacolev]

The standard orbiter ISS uses some kind of weird APAS lookalike for all it's docking ports that really about the size of a CBM. The real ISS has a variety of APAS, CBM, and Russian docking/berthing ports. I wouldn't trust the default ISS.

 

[gattispilot]

Is there a mesh I should use to size it up. From what I see. The inner rign with the pedals fit inside the outer ring. The pedals should align up. The hatch 's diameter is then inside the ring.

 

[Donamy]

The petals fit between each other, like locking fingers.

 

[gattispilot]

Thanks. I saw a video in a NASA presentation of how it connects. From it it has the passage way at .685M with petals installed or .813 M pedals removed. So I guess the round hatch into it should be .685m in diameter. Now I need a mesh to align the rings with.

 

[T.Neo]

I think the four-petalled ports on the stock ISS are so that it doens't look weird when docked to the Deltaglider.

I agree, don't trust the default ISS. It has none of the docking ports used by the real ISS, it uses its own odd fictitious docking port.

Also, shouldn't the hatch be 0.813 meters as opposed to 0.685 meters? I think that the hatch/transfer aperture is larger and the petals project into it.

 

[gattispilot]

Thanks. This is where I get the .685 size. I may resize the docking rings to fit it.

 

[gattispilot]

Ok I saw these images about the docks.

I suppose that the size of an active and passive are the same.
The difference being that ring that goes out and draw the vessel in.

From the drawing it says the passage way is 26.97" or 685mm with petals. without 32.00" 813mm.
it looks like the petals length is from the inside ring to the passageway.
The magnets are 2.75" diameter. the diameter of the center of the ring is 44.843.


taking the drawing and scaling it. I get the outside diameter of the soft ring 1.242M. the outside diameter of the dock to be 1.404M that makes the width of the HCS 108mm.

Couldn't find the correct dimensions though.

found this:

 

[gattispilot]

OK I have redone the docking ring. Here it is undocked from the ISS and docked to a DeltaGlider.

 

[Lydia]

when will this be released gattis?

 

[gattispilot]

when will this be released gattis?

I still have code the 2 robotic arms. And add the solar array.

 

[gattispilot]

Not sure about RCS placement. Here there appears 2 on the front and 2 on the left and I assume 2 up. But it needs more. On earlier models there were some mounted at the top.

 

[gattispilot]

Arm extended with Solar Array.

Working on one Robotic arm.

Is there a way to calculate the rotational vectors for animations?

 

[gattispilot]

I have the arm working in SC3.

I still haven't been able to code the arms in C++. I can't get the 2 parent correct. So any help would be great.

Also I remember a way to determine exhaust locations by placing a cube with a label in the mesh where you wanted. Then you ran a program that listed out that cube location in a txt file. Does this make sense?

Also another question. I want the joints for the arm to rotate in 360 degrees. This how it starts in the mesh. But do I need to set it at the .5 state in the mesh?