local_coord - controls a probe by means of a series of dials.
Name
local_coord - controls a probe by means of a series of dials.
Summary
Name local_coord
Type Input
Inputs string - template object
string - target object
Outputs NONE
Parameters
Name Type Default Choices
X centre real
Y centre real
Z centre real
Degrees in XY real
Degrees in XZ real
Degrees in YZ real
Move new X real
Move new Y real
Move new Z real
Log10 Scale real
Description
dial-based control over a probe/cropper etc
sets up a coordinate system relative to the transformation matrix of a
named object (usually "top"). Dials are used to translate the derived
origin from the parental coordinate system and also to rotate its axes.
Other
dials then allow the object to be translated and rescaled within
the new coordinate system.
Inputs
template object: name of object to provide the template coordinate system
from which the derived (local) coordinate system is to be formed
default setting is "top"
target object: name of object whose position etc is to be controled by
the derived (local) coordinate system
Parameters
X centre: X translation of derived coordinates from template coordinates
Y centre: Y translation of derived coordinates from template coordinates
Z centre: Z translation of derived coordinates from template coordinates
Degrees in XY: rotation in degrees in XY plane (about Z axis) of template
coordinate system to specify the orientation of the derived
coordinate system.
Degrees in XZ: rotation in degrees in XZ plane (about Y axis) of template
coordinate system to specify the orientation of the derived
coordinate system.
Degrees in XY: rotation in degrees in YZ plane (about X axis) of template
coordinate system to specify the orientation of the derived
coordinate system.
Move new X: X" translation of the geometry within the derived coordinates.
Move new Y: Y" translation of the geometry within the derived coordinates.
Move new Z: Z" translation of the geometry within the derived coordinates.
Log10 Scale: scale the probe / cropper within the new coordinate system.
(This is the logarithm of the desired rescaling.)