Software Customisation Reference Manual

Name	Type	Purpose
East	REAL Get/Set	EAST or X component direction vector in frame of reference of the Origin element
North	REAL Get/Set	NORTH or Y component direction vector in frame of reference of the Origin element
Up	REAL Get/Set	UP or Z component direction vector in frame of reference of the Origin element
Origin	DBREF Get/Set	DB element that is the origin which defines the frame of reference DIRECTION

Name	Result	Purpose
Direction( STRING )	DIRECTION	Creates a DIRECTION with the value given by STRING.
Direction( STRING, FORMAT )	DIRECTION	Creates a DIRECTION with the value given by STRING, in the format specified.
EQ(DIRECTION)	BOOLEAN	TRUE if two directions are the same
LT(DIRECTION)	BOOLEAN	TRUE if direction is less than argument
String(FORMAT)	STRING	Convert to STRING
WRT(DBREF)	DIRECTION	Convert to a new DIRECTION with respect to a given element.
Angle(DIRECTION)	REAL	Returns the angle between the two directions
Bisect(DIRECTION)	DIRECTION	Returns the direction which is half way between the two directions
Cross(DIRECTION)	DIRECTION	Returns the cross product of the two directions
Dot(DIRECTION)	REAL	Returns the dot product of the two directions
IsParallel(DIRECTION)	BOOLEAN	Returns true if the supplied directions are parallel, false otherwise.
IsParallel(DIRECTION, REAL)	BOOLEAN	Returns true if the supplied directions are parallel according to tolerance supplied, false otherwise.
Opposite()	DIRECTION	Returns the opposite direction
Orthogonal(DIRECTION)	DIRECTION	Returns the direction orthogonal between the two directions
Projected(PLANE)	DIRECTION	Returns a direction projected onto the passed plane.
IsPerpendicular(DIRECTION)	BOOLEAN	Returns true if the supplied directions are perpendicular, false otherwise.
IsPerpendicular(DIRECTION, REAL)	BOOLEAN	Returns true if the supplied directions are perpendicular according to tolerance supplied, false otherwise.
Magnitude()	REAL	Returns the magnitude of a given direction.
Normalise()	DIRECTION	Returns the direction with a magnitude of one.