Gravitational forces

bert_fourie

Is there a way to add gravitational forces? It would be useful to switch that on or off.

sebastian_glanzner

@bert_fourie
Yes, you can use the acceleration force and it already has the default value of the earths gravity.

But you have to add the acceleration for each body!
You also have to make sure that the arrow is showing down. That depends on the Load Direction selection.
The direction can be flipped with the arrow button behind the Load Direction box.


Some improvement ideas:

• I would like to have a checkbox to apply the gravity force to all bodies. 
• The value in the box should also be negative, because the gravity is usually in the negative Z-direction.

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