Difference between revisions of "API Panel.Position.RotateY"
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Revision as of 11:09, 10 June 2013
<sidebar>API contents</sidebar> Rotates the object around the Y axis
Contents
Parameters
HANDLE Handle
- The position or component to update
- The default value for this parameter is: this
HANDLE PivotHandle
- An optional position to treat as the origin to rotate around
FLOAT Degrees
- Number of degrees to rotate by
Return value
This call does not return a value
Detailed description
The rotation call allows an object to be rotated around any point in the target objects local Y axis. This has the effect of altering the yaw of the object - in terms of an aeroplane this makes the plane turn from side to side.
The handle must be a valid handle to a component or position, or a quoted (string) name of an object that can be selected on the panel.
The PivotHandle is an optional position to rotate around. The object will adjust its angle as though it is sliding around the edge of a circle, so at 180 degrees the object will appear 'upside-down' in the same way as a human walking around the globe from the north to south pole.
If the Pivot is zero the object rotates around its own center.
The image to the right shows a cube with it's axis positions identified.
Calling the simulation api Panel.Position.RotateY(MyCube,MyCube,1) will rotate the object in one-degree steps along it's Y-axis as shown by the green rotation arc. To rotate the cube in a counter direction simply specify a negative number for the degrees parameter.
The screenshot from Flowcode v6 below shows a cuboid with it's internal axis shown (green is the Y-axis line), and also a circle that cuts right through the cuboid's Y-axis (see example section below for links to the file) When the program runs the cuboid rotates along it's Y axis.
See also
Examples
Calling in a calculation
- Add to a calculation icon:
::Panel.Position.RotateY(handle, pivothandle, degrees)
Flowcode example file
Download File:SIMAPI Panel Position RotateY v1.fcf and open it in Flowcode v6.
The sample file File:SIMAPI Panel Position RotateXYZ.fcf rotates a grouped object around its X, Y, and Z axis.
