Points in a different coordinates system

CdricCd
CdricCd Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi,

 

I'd like to create points in a different coordinates system than the origin one but I can't find the option.

For example I create a marker, I orient it with angles compared to the origin, then I would like to create points in the coordinate system of the new marker. How can I do it without doing manually all the cosinus/sinus transformations ?

 

Thanks !

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  • Praful
    Praful
    Altair Employee
    edited October 2018

    Hello -

     

    You should be able to do this by using the 'Parametric Points' tool.

    In 2017.2,  it is available in the side toolbar as shown in the attached image

     

    Regards

    Praful

     

     

     

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  • CdricCd
    CdricCd Altair Community Member
    edited October 2018

    Oh nice I totally forgot about that option !

     

    Thanks for the rapidity !

     

    Regards

  • Praful
    Praful
    Altair Employee
    edited October 2018

    You are welcome :)/emoticons/default_smile.png' srcset='/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x' title=':)' width='20' />

    Note that, this is kind of a macro tool, that helps in creating points in relation to a marker. Ultimately, the point coordinates in the panel are represented through functions called as location functions such as loc_rel_to, loc_cylindrical etc..

    Once these points are created, any modification needs to be done in the panel, by editing these function expressions.

     

    Regards

    Praful

     

  • CdricCd
    CdricCd Altair Community Member
    edited October 2018

    Ok thanks for the tip !

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