This tool allows you to export information about selected rocks in the scene, possibly to be consumed by something such as a sim in order to coordinate position and geometry and rocks between the sim and graphics. This tool was initially written to support a contact dynamics engine called "PONG".

• pong_rock_export_140701.tgz (07/01/2014) - Initial Version

1. Download tgz file and extract into your $USERDATA directory.

2. Add the pong_rock_export.tcl script to your display context GUI block

   rock_export "${USERDATA}/gui/pong_rock_export.tcl"

• The GUI is somewhat self explanatory. The section at the top has some basic health checks to make sure the dsp_info plugin has loaded correctly and that it is finding rocks in your scene.
• Type in the name of the node you want to search for rocks near. The field will remain highlighted yellow until a valid node name is typed in.
• Adjust the radius in inches for how far around the above node you want to select rocks
• Type in the name of the node which is the frame you want the rocks exported in.
• Hit Select. You can also highlight the rocks that are selected to better visualize what you are selecting for export.
• Once the selection of rocks is as you want it, hit the Export button and specify what file you would like to store the output information in.

• The file that is exported consists of the following fields. Please note that lines that begin with "#" are considered a comment.

  <node_name> <model_filename>

Contact Frank Graffagnino if any updates are made or if you have requested changes.