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rigid_body_velocity

The velocity of a dynamic rigid-body controls how fast it is moving in time. The velocity is applied at the center-of-mass of the rigid-body, and is composed of two independent parts:

  1. The linear velocity is specified as a vector representing the direction and magnitude of the movement.
  2. In 3D, the angular velocity is given as a vector representing the rotation axis multiplied by the rotation angular speed in rad/s (axis-angle representation). In 2D, the angular velocity is given as a real representing the angular speed in rad/s.
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The velocity is only relevant to dynamic rigid-bodies. It has no effect on fixed rigid-bodies, and the velocity of kinematic rigid-bodies are automatically computed at each timestep based on their next kinematic positions.

The velocity of a rigid-body is automatically updated by the physics pipeline after taking forces, contacts, and joints into account. It can be set when the rigid-body is created or after its creation:

<load path='/2d/rust/examples/rs_rigid_bodies2.rs' marker='Velocity1' />
<load path='/2d/rust/examples/rs_rigid_bodies2.rs' marker='Velocity2' />
 
<load path='/2d/bevy/examples/rigid_bodies2.rs' marker='Velocity1' />
<load path='/2d/bevy/examples/rigid_bodies2.rs' marker='Velocity2' />
 
<load path='/2d/javascript/src/snippets/rigid_bodies.ts' marker='Velocity1' />
<load path='/2d/javascript/src/snippets/rigid_bodies.ts' marker='Velocity2' />

Alternatively, the velocity of a dynamic rigid-body can be altered indirectly by applying a force or an impulse.