*SetOrientation() - marker pair single axis orientation

Uses the single axis method to set the orientation of a marker pair.

Syntax

*SetOrientation(frame, LEFT|RIGHT, 
                                 ONEAXIS, 
                                 X|Y|Z, 
                                 POINT|VECTOR|DXDYDZ, 
                                 point_name|vector_name|x,y,z)

Arguments

frame
The variable name of an existing marker pair.
Data type: MarkerPair
LEFT RIGHT
See Comments.
ONEAXIS
This argument specifies the single axis method.
X Y Z
This argument specifies one of the three coordinates axes for which the marker orientation is being set.
POINT|VECTOR|DXDYDZ
Keyword that indicates the alignment method for the axis. POINT suggests that the next argument in this statement is expected to be a point variable. If VECTOR is specified as the keyword, the next argument is expected to be resolved to a vector variable. DXDYDZ suggests the next set of arguments specified are direction cosines.
Data type: Keyword
point_name vector_name xyz
A point or point pair on the specified axis, a vector or vector pair along the specified axis, or the X, Y, and Z components of a vector along the specified axis.
Data type: Point, PointPair, Vector, VectorPair, or three reals

Example

*SetOrientation(marker_name, RIGHT, ONEAXIS, Y, POINT, point_1)
*SetOrientation(marker_name, , ONEAXIS, Z, VECTOR, vector_1)
*SetOrientation(marker_name, , ONEAXIS, X, DXDYDZ, 3, 4, 5, ONEAXIS, X, POINT, point_1)

Context

*BeginMdl()

*DefineSystem()

Comments

LEFT
The left marker is oriented as specified and the right marker orientation is made symmetric to the left marker.
RIGHT
The right marker is oriented as specified and the left marker orientation is made symmetric to the right marker.
No Argument Specified
The marker pair is asymmetric; attributes are assigned to the left and right markers individually.

If no argument is specified, This statement is used to define the orientation of a bushing defined by *BushPair().