how to calculate normal unit vector

Takanori Terashima_22017
Takanori Terashima_22017 New Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi,

 

I need to calculate normal unit vector from three nodes.

Is it possible in Hyper Mesh?

 

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  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited December 2014

    Hi?

    are you using hypermesh tcl macro ?

    - get coordinates of 3 nodes

    - make a pair of vectors from 3 nodes

    - multiple 2 vectors => to get normal vector

  • imoto
    imoto
    Altair Employee
    edited October 2019

    hm_getdirectionpanel

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