Hey
As the default behavior of the Inertia Sensor block is to measure the inertia of either the entire mechanism or a local group of connected blocks. However, we can achieve the desired measurement by using a combination of techniques and a bit of creativity.
Here is how I would approach the problem:
- Break down your complex mechanism into smaller subsystems or branches.
- Refer to following documentation of how to do so:
- https://www.mathworks.com/help/simulink/ug/creating-subsystems.html
- Each subsystem can be represented as a separate model or a masked subsystem within the larger model.
- Place an Inertia Sensor block at strategic locations within each branch or subsystem
- Configure each sensor to measure the inertia of the specific group of connected blocks that make up the branch.
- If built in Inertia Sensor does not directly support we can consider to write MATLAB scripts to calculate composite inertia manually.
Let me know if this works!
