Coaster Dynamics: Help



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The Coaster Lab:   Watchpoints
To access the Coaster Lab WatchPoint Data, select "Coaster Lab" from the Coaster Dynamics Main Menu, and then select the "WatchPoint Data" option.

This will display the "Watchpoint Data" window.



Watchpoints are pre-defined points on every roller coaster track. At each of these points, you can determine the physical parameters describing the motion of the roller coaster car. These parameters are:   speed, distance, position, velocity, and G force.

For every track, there are 8 track Sections, each of which contain 11 Watchpoints.

To see the Watchpoint Data for any particular track Section, you must first run the ride simulation, and the roller coaster car must go beyond the Section of interest. You must then either "Pause" or "Stop" the simulation, and then select the "Coaster Lab" => "Watchpoint Data" option. If you select a track Section, and the ride simulation has not gone beyond that point, the Watchpoint Data will be all zeros.

To see the Watchpoint information, first select the track Section your want to analyze from the initial "WatchPoint Data" page. The next page will show the Section and type of track Element it contains.



To see the desired data, select the Watchpoint number (1 through 11). The picture of the track Element in the top right corner of the page shows the location of the Watchpoints. The data for the selected Watchpoint will then be printed in the display boxes.

To see the data for all the Watchpoints, simply click on each Watchpoint (1 through 11) in any order. If you want to go back to the previous page (to look at the other track Sections), click on the "Back" button.