diff --git a/src/SoftRobots.Inverse/component/constraint/YoungModulusActuator.cpp b/src/SoftRobots.Inverse/component/constraint/YoungModulusActuator.cpp
index 0859890..1bde872 100644
--- a/src/SoftRobots.Inverse/component/constraint/YoungModulusActuator.cpp
+++ b/src/SoftRobots.Inverse/component/constraint/YoungModulusActuator.cpp
@@ -43,10 +43,13 @@ void registerYoungModulusActuator(ObjectFactory* factory)
 {
     factory->registerObjects(ObjectRegistrationData("This component is used to solve effector constraint "
                                                     "by changing young moduli")
-                                 .add< YoungModulusActuator<Vec3Types> >(true));
+                                 .add< YoungModulusActuator<Vec3Types> >(true)
+                                 .add< YoungModulusActuator<Rigid3Types> >()
+                             );
 }
 
 template class SOFA_SOFTROBOTS_INVERSE_API YoungModulusActuator<Vec3Types>;
+template class SOFA_SOFTROBOTS_INVERSE_API YoungModulusActuator<Rigid3Types>;
 
 
 } // namespace
diff --git a/src/SoftRobots.Inverse/component/constraint/YoungModulusActuator.h b/src/SoftRobots.Inverse/component/constraint/YoungModulusActuator.h
index c4723ce..3eef222 100644
--- a/src/SoftRobots.Inverse/component/constraint/YoungModulusActuator.h
+++ b/src/SoftRobots.Inverse/component/constraint/YoungModulusActuator.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 ******************************************************************************/
 #pragma once
 
-#include <sofa/component/solidmechanics/fem/elastic/TetrahedronFEMForceField.h>
+#include <sofa/component/solidmechanics/fem/elastic/BaseLinearElasticityFEMForceField.h>
 #include <SoftRobots.Inverse/component/behavior/Actuator.h>
 
 #include <SoftRobots.Inverse/component/config.h>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace softrobotsinverse::constraint
     using sofa::linearalgebra::BaseVector ;
     using sofa::core::ConstraintParams ;
     using softrobotsinverse::behavior::Actuator ;
-    using sofa::component::solidmechanics::fem::elastic::TetrahedronFEMForceField ;
+    using sofa::component::solidmechanics::fem::elastic::BaseLinearElasticityFEMForceField ;
 
 /**
  * This component is used to solve effector constraint by changing young moduli.
@@ -102,19 +102,17 @@ class YoungModulusActuator : public Actuator<DataTypes>
     sofa::Data<Real> d_minYoung;
     sofa::Data<Real> d_maxYoung;
     sofa::Data<Real> d_maxYoungVariationRatio;
-    sofa::Data<bool> d_hasVolumeOptimization;
 
-    double m_previousYoungValue;
-    Real   m_previousVolumeValue;
-
-    double m_deltaYoungModulus;
-    Real   m_deltaVolume;
+    sofa::Data<Real> d_youngModulus;
+    Real m_initialYoungModulus;
 
     bool m_initError;
-    Real m_youngModulus;
-    Real m_initialYoungModulus;
+    double m_deltaYoungModulus;
 
-    TetrahedronFEMForceField< DataTypes > * m_tetraForceField;
+    /// Link to be set to the forcefield in the component graph.
+    sofa::SingleLink<YoungModulusActuator<DataTypes>,
+                     BaseLinearElasticityFEMForceField<DataTypes>,
+                     sofa::BaseLink::FLAG_STOREPATH | sofa::BaseLink::FLAG_STRONGLINK> l_forceField;
 
 
 private:
@@ -136,6 +134,7 @@ class YoungModulusActuator : public Actuator<DataTypes>
     using Actuator<DataTypes>::m_lambdaMin ;
     using Actuator<DataTypes>::getContext ;
     using Actuator<DataTypes>::d_componentState ;
+    using Actuator<DataTypes>::d_applyForce ;
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 };
 
@@ -143,6 +142,7 @@ class YoungModulusActuator : public Actuator<DataTypes>
 // each compilation unit. see: http://www.stroustrup.com/C++11FAQ.html#extern-templates
 #if !defined(SOFTROBOTS_INVERSE_YOUNGMODULUSACTUATOR_CPP)
 extern template class SOFA_SOFTROBOTS_INVERSE_API YoungModulusActuator<sofa::defaulttype::Vec3Types>;
+extern template class SOFA_SOFTROBOTS_INVERSE_API YoungModulusActuator<sofa::defaulttype::Rigid3Types>;
 #endif
 
 } // namespace
diff --git a/src/SoftRobots.Inverse/component/constraint/YoungModulusActuator.inl b/src/SoftRobots.Inverse/component/constraint/YoungModulusActuator.inl
index 3bb96eb..91a8b7f 100644
--- a/src/SoftRobots.Inverse/component/constraint/YoungModulusActuator.inl
+++ b/src/SoftRobots.Inverse/component/constraint/YoungModulusActuator.inl
@@ -53,16 +53,20 @@ YoungModulusActuator<DataTypes>::YoungModulusActuator(MechanicalState* object)
     , d_maxYoungVariationRatio(initData(&d_maxYoungVariationRatio, (Real)1.0e1, "maxYoungVariationRatio",
                                         "Maximum variation of young / its actual value. \n"
                                         "If unspecified default value 1.0e1."))
-    , m_previousYoungValue(0.0)
-    , m_previousVolumeValue(0.0)
-    , m_deltaYoungModulus(0.0)
-    , m_deltaVolume(0.0)
+
+    , d_youngModulus(initData(&d_youngModulus, (Real)0., "youngModulus", "Optimized Young modulus."))
+
+    , l_forceField(initLink("forceField", "link to the force field"))
+
+    , m_initialYoungModulus(0.0)
     , m_initError(false)
-    , m_youngModulus(0.0)
+    , m_deltaYoungModulus(0.0)
 {
     // QP on only one value, we set dimension to one
     m_lambdaMax.resize(1);
     m_lambdaMin.resize(1);
+
+    d_youngModulus.setReadOnly(true);
 }
 
 
@@ -99,16 +103,21 @@ void YoungModulusActuator<DataTypes>::initLimit()
 template<class DataTypes>
 void YoungModulusActuator<DataTypes>::updateLimit()
 {
-    m_lambdaMin[0]=-(m_youngModulus-d_minYoung.getValue());
-    m_lambdaMax[0]=d_maxYoung.getValue()-m_youngModulus;
+    const auto& youngModulus = sofa::helper::getReadAccessor(d_youngModulus);
+    const auto& minYoung = sofa::helper::getReadAccessor(d_minYoung);
+    const auto& maxYoung = sofa::helper::getReadAccessor(d_maxYoung);
+    const auto& maxYoungVariationRatio = sofa::helper::getReadAccessor(d_maxYoungVariationRatio);
+
+    m_lambdaMin[0] =- (youngModulus - minYoung);
+    m_lambdaMax[0] = maxYoung - youngModulus;
 
-    double youngMin=m_youngModulus-m_youngModulus*d_maxYoungVariationRatio.getValue();
-    if(youngMin>=d_minYoung.getValue())
-        m_lambdaMin[0]=-m_youngModulus*d_maxYoungVariationRatio.getValue();
+    double youngMin = youngModulus - youngModulus * maxYoungVariationRatio;
+    if(youngMin >= minYoung)
+        m_lambdaMin[0] =- youngModulus * maxYoungVariationRatio;
 
-    double youngMax=m_youngModulus+m_youngModulus*d_maxYoungVariationRatio.getValue();
-    if(youngMax<=d_maxYoung.getValue())
-        m_lambdaMax[0]=m_youngModulus*d_maxYoungVariationRatio.getValue();
+    double youngMax = youngModulus + youngModulus * maxYoungVariationRatio;
+    if(youngMax <= maxYoung)
+        m_lambdaMax[0] = youngModulus * maxYoungVariationRatio;
 }
 
 
@@ -116,20 +125,23 @@ template<class DataTypes>
 void YoungModulusActuator<DataTypes>::bwdInit()
 {
     BaseContext * context = getContext();
-    m_tetraForceField = context->get< TetrahedronFEMForceField< DataTypes >  >();
 
-    if(m_tetraForceField != nullptr)
+    if (l_forceField.empty() || l_forceField.get()==nullptr)
     {
-        msg_info()<<"Found tetrahedronFEMForceField named "<<m_tetraForceField->getName();
-        const VecReal& youngModulus = m_tetraForceField->d_youngModulus.getValue();
-        m_youngModulus = youngModulus[0];
-        m_initialYoungModulus = m_youngModulus;
-        initLimit();
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        msg_error()<<"No TetrahedronFEMForceField found";
-        d_componentState = ComponentState::Invalid;
+        l_forceField.set(context->get< BaseLinearElasticityFEMForceField< DataTypes >>());
+        if (!l_forceField.empty() && l_forceField.get()!=nullptr)
+        {
+            msg_info() << "Found force field named " << l_forceField->getName();
+            m_initialYoungModulus = l_forceField->d_youngModulus.getValue()[0];
+
+            d_youngModulus.setValue(m_initialYoungModulus);
+            initLimit();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            msg_error() << "No force field found";
+            d_componentState = ComponentState::Invalid;
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +152,7 @@ void YoungModulusActuator<DataTypes>::reset()
     if(d_componentState.getValue() == ComponentState::Invalid)
         return;
 
-    m_youngModulus = m_initialYoungModulus;
+    d_youngModulus.setValue(m_initialYoungModulus);
     initLimit();
 }
 
@@ -161,18 +173,17 @@ void YoungModulusActuator<DataTypes>::buildConstraintMatrix(const ConstraintPara
 
     MatrixDeriv& matrix = *cMatrix.beginEdit();
 
-    const VecReal& youngModulus = m_tetraForceField->d_youngModulus.getValue();
-    m_youngModulus = youngModulus[0];
-
     // TODO(damien): this seems a bit hacky :) what are the other possibilities.
     VecDeriv force;
     getForce(force, x);
     
     MatrixDerivRowIterator rowIterator = matrix.writeLine(constraintIndex);
+    const auto& youngModulus = l_forceField->d_youngModulus.getValue()[0];
+    d_youngModulus.setValue(youngModulus);
 
     for (unsigned int j=0; j<force.size(); j++)
     {
-        force[j] = force[j]*(1.0/m_youngModulus);
+        force[j] = force[j]*(1.0/youngModulus);
 
         if(force[j].norm() != 0.0)
             rowIterator.setCol(j, force[j]);
@@ -200,7 +211,7 @@ void YoungModulusActuator<DataTypes>::getForce(VecDeriv& force,
     //                                                      const DataVecCoord& d_x,
     //                                                      const DataVecDeriv& /*d_v*/)
     DataVecDeriv v;
-    m_tetraForceField->addForce(nullptr, f, x, v);
+    l_forceField->addForce(nullptr, f, x, v);
     force = f.getValue();
 }
 
@@ -229,14 +240,14 @@ void YoungModulusActuator<DataTypes>::storeResults(vector<double> &lambda, vecto
     if(d_componentState.getValue() == ComponentState::Invalid)
         return;
 
-    VecReal &youngModulus = *m_tetraForceField->d_youngModulus.beginEdit();
+    Real youngModulus = sofa::helper::getWriteAccessor(d_youngModulus);
+    youngModulus += Real(lambda[0]);
 
-    m_previousYoungValue = youngModulus[0];
-    youngModulus[0] += Real(lambda[0]);
-    m_youngModulus = youngModulus[0];
-
-    m_tetraForceField->d_youngModulus.endEdit();
-    m_tetraForceField->reinit();
+    if (d_applyForce.getValue())
+    {
+        l_forceField->setYoungModulus(youngModulus);
+        l_forceField->reinit();
+    }
 
     updateLimit();