From b56712710ac22e824924a8037ae28d5fcefbf023 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sjplimp
(NOTE: 6/08 the feature described in the following paragraph has +not yet been released. It will be soon.) +
If any of the constituent particles of a rigid body are extended particles (spheroids or ellipsoids), then their contribution to the inertia tensor of the body is different than if they were point diff --git a/doc/Section_howto.txt b/doc/Section_howto.txt index 28ce6bea6f..185e74095e 100644 --- a/doc/Section_howto.txt +++ b/doc/Section_howto.txt @@ -914,6 +914,9 @@ particles as a rigid body, computes its inertia tensor, sums the total force and torque on the rigid body each timestep due to forces on its constituent particles, and integrates the motion of the rigid body. +(NOTE: 6/08 the feature described in the following paragraph has +not yet been released. It will be soon.) + If any of the constituent particles of a rigid body are extended particles (spheroids or ellipsoids), then their contribution to the inertia tensor of the body is different than if they were point