Specify Orientation Z axis 1

[YviKyvi]

Hey everybody,
I am using NX 12 and the Blockstyler. I want to use the Specify Orientation to rotate a toolingbox/bounding box, that I created. Therefore I need to get the x,y and z axis of the manipulator handle. For X and Y it's really easy, because it's given in the API. But how do I get the Z axis? Do I have to calculate it? Doesn't make any sense, that it's not givent like the other two.

This ist how it works with X and Y:

        Dim matrix2 As NXOpen.Matrix3x3 = Nothing
        matrix2.Xx = manip0.XAxis.X
        matrix2.Xy = manip0.XAxis.Y
        matrix2.Xz = manip0.XAxis.Z
        matrix2.Yx = manip0.YAxis.X
        matrix2.Yy = manip0.YAxis.Y
        matrix2.Yz = manip0.YAxis.Z

but, there's no ZAxis...

Any help is highly appreciated!

 

[cowski]

The UF_MTX3_initialize function will take the X and Y vectors (arrays of double values) and return an array of values representing the 3x3 matrix. This function will normalize the given vectors and calculate the Z direction vector by taking the cross product of the X and Y vectors. The resulting values can then be fed into a Matrix3x3 structure if needed.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[NutAce]

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Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX9 / TC10.1.2

Building new PLM environment from Scratch using NX12 / TC11

 

[YviKyvi]

Cowski, you are a genius!! Works perfectly, thanks a lot