Get cylindrical coordinates of a node

Altair Employee

Oct 4, 2017

Updated Oct 4, 2020 by Altair Forum User

How should i get these X1, X2 and X3 values for a selected node in the image.

If i use

 hm_nodevalue $node_id

It returns me X,Y,Z values as per WCS.

But what i want is to get as shown in this window.

Or may be if i can get local CSYS reference axis.

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Altair Community Member

Updated Oct 4, 2017 by tinh

They are local coords retieved by datanames localx localy localz

set X1 [hm_getentityvalue nodes $node_id localx 0]

Altair Employee

Oct 4, 2017

Updated Oct 4, 2017 by Altair Forum User

Hi

They are local coords retieved by datanames localx localy localz

set X1 [hm_getentityvalue nodes $node_id localx 0]

Hi Tinh, That works well... thanks for your quick help