Hi,
In Simulink, the joints can start simulation from different states. For example, the prismatic joint of your model can start at any value from its lower limit to the upper limit. As a result, during model assembly, you can set the initial state of the actuator by specifying “state targets” in the “prismatic joint block” dialog boxes.
Follow the below given steps :
- Open “Block parameters” for prismatic joint.
- Then look for “Z Prismatic Primitive (Pz)” property. Expand the corresponding drop down menu.
- Then find the property “State Targets” and again expand the corresponding drop down menu.
- Select the check box “Specify Position target”
- Two fields will appear:
- Priority: a ranking that determines which of two state targets to satisfy if they prove to be mutually incompatible. You can set the priority level to Low or High.
- Value: Initial state from which simulation starts.
- Enter value of 0.5 and set the units to meter “m”.
This will set the initial actuator position at 0.5m.
Please Refer to the following documents for more information:
You could also refer to this post on MATLAB answer community for more information:
I hope this helps !
