Setting custom orientation in hyperview

Altair Forum User

Hi all

 

I am trying to develop as script in hyperview where i need to set the orientation of the model normal to an element.

Its easier with standard orientation but for any other custom orientation I am not able to find anything.

• I need to find normal of any element in the model.
• find the respective view matrix for that normal

 

Thanks and Regards

Altair Forum User

Hello,

 

You can get element normal by querying with poIQueryCtrl class. If you want to get normal of solid face, you should do it with HyperMesh, not HyperView.

Calculating the view matrix from the normal is indeed right approach you can take but I'm afraid it is a bit difficult and complicated. Another thing you can do is to use SetLookAt method provided by poI3DViewCtrl class, which I think is easier for your case.

 

Regards