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flyinggorilla edited this page Jan 6, 2021 · 4 revisions

Using mouse, touch and keyboard

Keyboard

key function
arrow-up/down boat speed +/-1kn
arrow-left/right boat heading -/+1°

Touch orbit control

one finger rotate
two fingers zoom, pan

Mouse orbit control

left mouse button + move rotate
right mouse button pan
mid mouse button + move zoom
scrolling wheel zoom

URL parameters

The simulator can be configured with URL query string parameters. You get those parameters automatically when clicking the share current view button, but you can also explicitly feed the simulator this way.

https://simulator.atterwind.info/?bh=135&bs=20&ws=15&wh=0.27&ch=2.6&cs=-2.1&cl=3.3&cry=46.0&crz=118.9&crx=-111.7&cth=-0.7&cts=-0.8&ctl=-0.3&csh=1

parameter default unit description
bh 0 ° angle of boat heading vs. true wind, also called course over ground (COG)
bs 5 kn boat speed over ground (SOG)
ws 5 kn true wind speed (TWS) at 10m height over water
wh 0.27 Hellman number wind condition defined by hellman number, 0.27 is the default for stable wind
ch 10.0 m camera position height
cs 8.0 m camera position aside
cl 8.0 m camera position along
crx -32.0 ° camera rotation X
cry 40.3 ° camera rotation Y
crz 22.0 ° camera rotation Z
cth 5.0 m camera target height
cts 0.0 m camera target aside
ctl 0.0 m camera target along
csh 0 0 or 1 1 to sync camera with boat heading rotation
vd 0 0 or 1 view details about trim and simulator calculations
vf 0 0 or 1 experimental: view forces
saa 20 ° experimental: sail angle of attack vs apparent wind
sc 1 0 or 1 experimental: cunningham 1 soft .. 10 hard


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