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Add Angular Impulse in Degrees	Add an angular impulse to a single rigid body. Good for one time instant burst. Target is Primitive Component
Add Angular Impulse in Radians	Add an angular impulse to a single rigid body. Good for one time instant burst. Target is Primitive Component
Add Force	Add a force to a single rigid body. This is like a 'thruster'. Good for adding a burst over some (non zero) time. Should be called every frame for the duration of the force. Target is Primitive Component
Add Force at Location	Add a force to a single rigid body at a particular location in world space. This is like a 'thruster'. Good for adding a burst over some (non zero) time. Should be called every frame for the duration of the force. Target is Primitive Component
Add Force at Location Local	Add a force to a single rigid body at a particular location. Both Force and Location should be in body space. This is like a 'thruster'. Good for adding a burst over some (non zero) time. Should be called every frame for the duration of the force. Target is Primitive Component
Add Force to All Bodies Below	Add a force to all rigid bodies below. This is like a 'thruster'. Good for adding a burst over some (non zero) time. Should be called every frame for the duration of the force. Target is Skeletal Mesh Component
Add Impulse	Add an impulse to a single rigid body. Good for one time instant burst. Target is Primitive Component
Add Impulse at Location	Add an impulse to a single rigid body at a specific location. Target is Primitive Component
Add Impulse to All Bodies Below	Add impulse to all single rigid bodies below. Good for one time instant burst. Target is Skeletal Mesh Component
Add Radial Force	Add a force to all bodies in this component, originating from the supplied world-space location. Target is Primitive Component
Add Radial Impulse	Add an impulse to all rigid bodies in this component, radiating out from the specified position. Target is Primitive Component
Add Torque in Degrees	Add a torque to a single rigid body. Target is Primitive Component
Add Torque in Radians	Add a torque to a single rigid body. Target is Primitive Component
Force Recreate Physics State	Changes whether or not this component will get future break notifications. Target is Static Mesh Simulation Component
Get Angular Damping	Returns the angular damping of this component. Target is Primitive Component
Get Bone Mass	Returns the mass (in kg) of the given bone Target is Skeletal Mesh Component
Get Center Of Mass	Get the center of mass of a single body. In the case of a welded body this will return the center of mass of the entire welded body (including its parent and children) Objects that are not simulated return (0,0,0) as they do not have COM Target is Primitive Component
Get Inertia Tensor	Returns the inertia tensor of this component in kg cm^2. The inertia tensor is in local component space. Target is Primitive Component
Get Linear Damping	Returns the linear damping of this component. Target is Primitive Component
Get Mass	Returns the mass of this component in kg. Target is Primitive Component
Get Mass Scale	Returns the mass scale used to calculate the mass of a single physics body Target is Primitive Component
Get Normalized Compression Scalar	Returns the spring compression as a normalized scalar along spring direction. 0 implies spring is at rest 1 implies fully compressed Target is Physics Spring Component
Get Physics Angular Velocity in Degrees	Get the angular velocity of a single body, in degrees per second. Target is Primitive Component
Get Physics Angular Velocity in Radians	Get the angular velocity of a single body, in radians per second. Target is Primitive Component
Get Physics Linear Velocity	Get the linear velocity of a single body. Target is Primitive Component
Get Physics Linear Velocity at Point	Get the linear velocity of a point on a single body. Target is Primitive Component
Get Skeletal Center Of Mass	Returns the center of mass of the skeletal mesh, instead of the root body's location Target is Skeletal Mesh Component
Get Spring Current End Point	Returns the spring current end point in world space. Target is Physics Spring Component
Get Spring Direction	Returns the spring direction from start to resting point Target is Physics Spring Component
Get Spring Resting Point	Returns the spring resting point in world space. Target is Physics Spring Component
Get Walkable Slope Override	Returns the slope override struct for this component. Target is Primitive Component
Is Any Rigid Body Awake	Returns if any body in this component is currently awake and simulating. Target is Primitive Component
Is Any Simulating Physics	Returns whether the specified body is currently using physics simulation Target is Scene Component
Is Gravity Enabled	Returns whether this component is affected by gravity. Returns always false if the component is not simulated. Target is Primitive Component
Is Simulating Physics	Returns whether the specified body is currently using physics simulation Target is Scene Component
Put Rigid Body to Sleep	Force a single body back to sleep. Target is Primitive Component
Raycast Single	Raycast Single Target is Geometry Collection Actor
Scale by Moment Of Inertia	Scales the given vector by the world space moment of inertia. Useful for computing the torque needed to rotate an object. Target is Primitive Component
Set All Mass Scale	Change the mass scale used fo all bodies in this component Target is Primitive Component
Set All Physics Angular Velocity in Degrees	Set the angular velocity of all bodies in this component. Target is Primitive Component
Set All Physics Angular Velocity in Radians	Set the angular velocity of all bodies in this component. Target is Primitive Component
Set All Physics Linear Velocity	Set the linear velocity of all bodies in this component. Target is Primitive Component
Set All Use CCD	Set whether all bodies in this component should use Continuous Collision Detection Target is Primitive Component
Set Angular Damping	Sets the angular damping of this component. Target is Primitive Component
Set Body Notify Rigid Body Collision	Changes the value of bNotifyRigidBodyCollision for a given body Target is Skeletal Mesh Component
Set Center Of Mass	Set the center of mass of a single body. This will offset the physx-calculated center of mass. Note that in the case where multiple bodies are attached together, the center of mass will be set for the entire group. Target is Primitive Component
Set Constraint Mode	Sets the constraint mode of the component. Target is Primitive Component
Set Enable Gravity	Enables/disables whether this component is affected by gravity. This applies only to components with bSimulatePhysics set to true. Target is Primitive Component
Set Linear Damping	Sets the linear damping of this component. Target is Primitive Component
Set Mass Override in Kg	Override the mass (in Kg) of a single physics body. Note that in the case where multiple bodies are attached together, the override mass will be set for the entire group. Set the Override Mass to false if you want to reset the body's mass to the auto-calculated physx mass. Target is Primitive Component
Set Mass Scale	Change the mass scale used to calculate the mass of a single physics body Target is Primitive Component
Set Notify Breaks	Changes whether or not this component will get future break notifications. Target is Geometry Collection Component
Set Notify Rigid Body Collision	Changes the value of bNotifyRigidBodyCollision Target is Primitive Component
Set Notify Rigid Body Collision Below	Changes the value of bNotifyRigidBodyCollision on all bodies below a given bone Target is Skeletal Mesh Component
Set PhysicalMaterial Override	Changes the current PhysMaterialOverride for this component. Note that if physics is already running on this component, this will not alter its mass/inertia etc, it will only change its surface properties like friction. Target is Primitive Component
Set Physics Angular Velocity in Degrees	Set the angular velocity of a single body. This should be used cautiously - it may be better to use AddTorque or AddImpulse. Target is Primitive Component
Set Physics Angular Velocity in Radians	Set the angular velocity of a single body. This should be used cautiously - it may be better to use AddTorque or AddImpulse. Target is Primitive Component
Set Physics Linear Velocity	Set the linear velocity of a single body. This should be used cautiously - it may be better to use AddForce or AddImpulse. Target is Primitive Component
Set Physics Max Angular Velocity in Degrees	Set the maximum angular velocity of a single body. Target is Primitive Component
Set Physics Max Angular Velocity in Radians	Set the maximum angular velocity of a single body. Target is Primitive Component
Set Simulate Physics	Sets whether or not a single body should use physics simulation, or should be 'fixed' (kinematic). Note that if this component is currently attached to something, beginning simulation will detach it. Target is Primitive Component
Set Use CCD	Set whether this component should use Continuous Collision Detection Target is Primitive Component
Set Walkable Slope Override	Sets a new slope override for this component instance. Target is Primitive Component
Wake All Rigid Bodies	Ensure simulation is running for all bodies in this component. Target is Primitive Component
Wake Rigid Body	'Wake' physics simulation for a single body. Target is Primitive Component

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