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19.10.3 Gear Joint

joint = physics.GearJoint(a, b,  phase, ratio)

Parameter

Type

Description

a

in physics.Body

First Body

b

in physics.Body

Second Body

phase

in number

The initial angular offset in radians of the two Bodies

ratio

in number

Ratio of velocities between the two Bodies

joint

out physics.GearJoint

New GearJoint

Keeps the angular velocity ratio of a pair of Bodies constant. ratio is always measured in absolute terms. phase is the initial angular offset of the two bodies.

Accessors

Type

setPhase, phase

number

setRatio, ratio

number

Introduced in platform.apiLevel = '2.0'