rigid body minimization

[Soumya S. Patnaik MLPJ UTC]

Dear X-plor users,

I am a new user and am having some difficulty in finding a suitable
'drop' value to be used in Rigid body minimization.  The manual says that it is
the expected drop in energy but as far as I can see, it is not that simple.
The initial step size seems to be equal to {drop value}/{E total **2}.
Is there a rule of thumb about appropriate drop values? Thanks in advance.

Soumya Patnaik


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+ Dr Soumya S. Patnaik         email:  patnaiss at picard.ml.wpafb.af.mil +
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