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January 27, 2024 at 2:33 pm
peteroznewman
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Hello Sara,

Gravity acts in the direction chosen on each element in the model individually. Only if the direction you want gravity to pull is not aligned to a global axis would you need to create a local coordinate system at the desired angle.Â