poISystem SetOrientation

Sets the orientation of the coordinate system.

Syntax

system_handle SetOrientationorient_st

Application

HyperView Tcl Modify

Description

This command sets the orientation of the coordinate system. The orientation can be set for user-defined systems only! The orientation string must contain nine values (three direction cosines are needed for defining each axes of the system).

Inputs

orient_st
The orientation string representing the direction cosines of the axes of the system.

Example

To set the orientation of a user-defined system:
hwi OpenStack
hwi GetSessionHandle session_handle
session_handle GetProjectHandle project_handle
project_handle GetPageHandle page_handle [project_handle GetActivePage]
page_handle GetWindowHandle window_handle [page_handle GetActiveWindow]
window_handle GetClientHandle client_handle
client_handle GetModelHandle model_handle [client_handle GetActiveModel]

model_handle GetUserDefinedSystemHandle sys1 “UserSystem 2”
# Align a system so that it has the same orientation as the global axes
sys1 SetOrientation “1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1”

hwi CloseStack

Errors

Returns a non-zero value if there is an error.