%three strings example %All in consistent units of N,m rA = [ 1 1 0]; rB = [ 4 0 4]; rC = [ 0 4 4]; rD = [ 0 0 4]; F = 120*10; W = [0 0 F]'; rAB = rB - rA; rAC = rC - rA; rAD = rD - rA; lambdaAB = rAB'/norm(rAB); lambdaAC = rAC'/norm(rAC); lambdaAD = rAD'/norm(rAD); A=[lambdaAB lambdaAC lambdaAD] T = A\W % !!!!!!!!!!! A*T