Choosing what parts of a robot to be elastic

[momo]

Hey so I am developing an continuum arm simulation in SOFA and just starting. I want to make part of the arm elastic (the backbone to be specific but the rest of the arm rigid like the base and the disks around the arm). I was wondering if there is any way to specify what parts of a robot to be elastic? I looked in to the soft robots plugin but all I can seem to find is to make the whole STL elastic. would I need to load the backbone STL separate from the rest of the arm, if so how would I connect all the pieces of the arm together in SOFA?

I am very new to SOFA so sorry if these questions are simple.

[Hugo]

Hi @momo2000

In SOFA, we have a specific way of describing objects and their nature (deformable vs rigid) through templates in the scenes. You can take a look at the starting documentation online.
Feel free to check out out training sessions as well.

Best wishes,

Hugo

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