Object Reference
The following pages contain the individual Modalys object reference pages. The objects are organized in categories ranging from basic to complex instead of being ordered alphabetically.
Simple Mass-Spring Objects
These very basic general-purpose objects are commonly used as hammers, plectra, lips, bows, etc...
- Harmonic Oscillator - (a mono-directional One-Mass)
- Two-Mass (mono-directional)
- Two-Mass (bi-directional)
Strings and Rods
Tubes (Air Columns)
Membranes
- Rectangular Membrane (fixed at the edges)
- Circular Membrane (fixed at the edges)
Plates
- Rectangular Plate (fixed at the edges)
- Clamped Circular Plate (fixed at the edges)
- Free Circular Plate (freely vibrating)
Bars (Wooden)
String Instrument Bridge Models
Nonlinear Models
These are special objects that integrate nonlinear waveguide models into the Modalys environment. They may use different physical parameters to describe them.
Other Objects
These objects are not created using physical properties, but can be used as objects in the Modalys environment.
External Data Objects and FIle I/O
Object data can additionally be read from a data file created in Modalys or externally.
- Save Object (not an object per se, but a utility for saving an object’s modal data to disk, this also appears in the object utilities section)
- Read From File
- Resonance Model Object [this might seems to be a bit buggy]
- Piano Soundboard (provided as a data file)
Finite Element Object
Modal objects can also be calculated from a user-defined 3-dimensional mesh.
Finite Element Object (a dedicated section to creating finite element objects is forthcoming)