Problem 2252 - Confusing and Ambiguous Description of General Particle Source Orientation
Summary: Confusing and Ambiguous Description of General Particle Source Orientation
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of problem 2251
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Application Developers Guide (show other problems)
Version: 10.6
Hardware: All All
: P4 minor
Assignee: alexander.howard
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Reported: 2020-06-22 04:56 CEST by Brian Yanoff
Modified: 2020-06-22 05:06 CEST (History)
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Description Brian Yanoff 2020-06-22 04:56:16 CEST
I find the explanation of the GPS orientation vectors (rot1 and rot2) very confusing.

Current:
For more general applications, the user may supply two vectors (x’ and a vector in the plane x’-y’) to rotate the co-ordinate axes of the shape with respect to the overall co-ordinate system (Fig. 3). 

Proposed replacement text:
For more general applications, the user may define a rotated coordinate system for the source shape by supplying two vectors defining the x'-y' plane of a new coordinate system. These may have any length, and are not required to be perpendicular to each other, provided they are not collinear. The new z'-axis direction is uniquely defined as perpendicular to this plane and oriented according to the right hand rule (Fig. 3). 

The current illustration in Fig 3 is difficult to interpret and visually ambiguous. I am attaching a proposed graphic to replace it.
Comment 1 Brian Yanoff 2020-06-22 05:06:33 CEST
Accidental duplicate

*** This problem has been marked as a duplicate of problem 2251 ***