Polar Positioning from the Origin

Model Reference Manual

Equipment and Primitives : Positioning at a Known Point : Polar Positioning from the Origin

This command is used to position the Current Element using polar coordinates. This is particularly useful for positioning Nozzles. The coordinates are relative to the owner’s origin.


Examples:
POLAR E45N DIST 300	The Current Element will be placed 300 from its owner’s origin along E45N (see Figure 7:6.: Polar positioning from the origin).
POLAR PIN1 DIST 3000	The Current Element will be placed 3000 from its owner’s origin along the direction of PIN1 (see Figure 7:6.: Polar positioning from the origin).
POS IDP@ POLAR S1OW DIST3	The p-point hit and the current element will be moved as a rigid entity so that the p-point is the specified polar distance from the owner’s origin.

Command Syntax:

>--+-- POSition <marke> --.
   |                      |
   ‘----------------------+-- POLar <bdir> DISTance <uval> -->

Querying:

>-- Query POSition --+-- <bpos> --.
                     |            |
                     ‘------------+-- WRT --.
                                  |         |
                                  |-- IN ---+--  <gid> -->
                                  |
                                  ‘-->

Figure 7:6.

Polar positioning from the origin