Constraint Tutorials

Name	Location
Constraint	<Vortex Studio Installation Folder>\tutorials\ExConstraint
Generic Constraint	<Vortex Studio Installation Folder>\tutorials\ExGenericConstraint

The main focus of the ExConstraint tutorial is to demonstrate how to use some constraints, from a C++ application or extension.

Several parts are created and they are linked with several constraints.

The ExGenericConstraint tutorial demonstrates how to implement a custom constraint type, using C++, in a custom application or extension.

Both tutorials' objects (VxDynamics::Part, VxDynamics::Constraint and the custom MySpring and MyHinge) are considered as "runtime" and only live during the execution of the extension/application.

That means they cannot be created nor modified via the Vortex Studio Editor, since they are created upon start of playback via C++ code below.

CM Labs recommends to create content (including parts and constraints) using Vortex Studio Editor. However, some special use cases require a different approach which can be implemented via a custom Dynamics extension or a custom application in C++. This tutorial implements a dedicated application, but the same API can be used for Dynamics extensions.

See Vortex Studio SDK - Customizing Vortex for information about making plugins and custom extensions.

See C++ Tutorial 1: Plugins for a detailed example of making a plugin.

Using the tutorial

Open the tutorials
Set the desired project as the Start up project
Build the Solution project
Into the following folder (..\CM Labs\Vortex Studio 2021a\tutorials\bin):
1. Confirm that the "ExConstraint.exe" file has been generated by the built
2. Execute the "runExConstraint.bat"
To go into detail, debug the project and follow the code execution step by step.