DG Kernel (ActiveX) Documentation

The interface gives access to frames. This interface was added in version 2.3 to give convenient access via single interface to all functionality provided by other frames-related interfaces, namely I3DObject, IFrame, IFrame2 and IFrameEx.

HRESULT GetOrigin(double *x, double *y, double *z)

Parameters

x, y, z- [out] references to variables which will receive coordinates of the origin.

Remarks

Retrieve coordinates of the origin of the local frame.

HRESULT SetOrigin(double x, double y, double z)

Parameters

x, y, z - [in] coordinates of new position of the origin.


Remarks:

Modifies position of the local frame.

HRESULT GetAxis(int axis, double *x, double *y, double *z)

Parameters

int nAxis - [in] 0-based index of the axis.

x, y, z- [out] references to variables which will receive coordinates of the vector in direction of the nAxis-th axis of the local frame.

Return Values


S_OK in case of success

Remarks

Returns coordinates of vector which points in direction of the nAxis-th axis of the local frame.

HRESULT Translate(double vx, double vy, double vz)

Parameters

vx, vy, vz- [in] Coordinates of the translation vector. Relative to the frame

Remarks


Call this method to translate origin of the local frame along its x axis by vx, along y axis by vx and along z axis by vz. Translation coordinates are relative to the current orientation of the frame, not global coordinates

HRESULT TranslateGlobal(double vx, double vy, double vz)

Parameters

vx, vy, vz- [in] Coordinates of the translation translation vector in global frame


Remarks:

Translates the frame relative to the global frame.

HRESULT Rotate(double angle, double xAxis, double yAxis, double zAxis, double vxDirAxis, double vyDirAxis, double vzDirAxis)

Parameters

angle - [in] angle in degrees to rotate by. angle can be negative.

xAxis,yAxis,zAxis- [in] point in local coordinates (relative to this frame), where axis or rotation passes through.
vxDirAxis, vxDirAxis, vxDirAxis - [in] vector in local coordinates (relative to this frame) coordinates of direction of the rotation axis

Remarks

Rotates the frame around an arbitrary axis.

HRESULT RotateGlobal(double angle, double xAxis, double yAxis, double zAxis, double vxDirAxis, double vyDirAxis, double vzDirAxis)

Parameters

angle - [in] angle in degrees to rotate by. anglecan be negative.

xAxis,yAxis,zAxis- [in] point in global coordinates, where axis or rotation passes through.
vxDirAxis, vxDirAxis, vxDirAxis - [in] vector in global coordinates of direction of the rotation axis
Return Values

S_OK in case of success
Remarks

Rotates the local frame around an arbitrary axis in 3D space. The coordinates are relative to the global axes.

HRESULT SetAxes(int axisInd0, DIVect* axis0, int axisInd1, DIVect* axis1)

Parameters

axisInd0 - [in] 0-based index of axis, which will be changed to axis0.

axis0 - [in] 3D vector which will be set as axisInd0-th axis of the frame. DIVect type is described in Basic Types.

axisInd1 - [in] 0-based index of axis, which will be changed to axis1.

axis1 - [in] 3D vector which will be set as axisInd1-th axis of the frame. DIVect type is described in Basic Types. Supplying zero vector for this parameter means the axis is not specified. The method will select an arbitrary orthogonal axis.

Returns


S_OK in case of success.

DISP_E_PARAMNOTOPTIONAL in case axis0 or axis1 are zero vectors or have the same direction
Remarks

Call this method to set directions of axes of the frame. DIVect type is described in Basic Types. Normally axis0 and axis1 are orthogonal vectors. They must not have the same direction otherwise the method will fail with DISP_E_PARAMNOTOPTIONAL return code. If axis0 and axis1 are not orthogonal orthogonalization is applied to axis1. Supplying zero vector for axis1 parameter means the axis is not specified. The method will select an arbitrary orthogonal axis. In addition to that, both vectors are normalized to make their lengths equal to 1.0. The third remaining axis is calculated using the supplied ones and condition that it must be orthogonal to both of them and have its length equal to 1.0.

HRESULT SetupAxes(int axis0, DIVect* axis, int axis1)

Parameters

axis0 - [in] 0-based index of the axis, which will be directed along axis

axis1 - [in] 0-based index of the axis, which will be calculated second
Remarks:

Use this method to make sure that axis0 is directed along axis. Direction of other axes will be modified by making the current axis1 axis perpendicular to axis axis0 and the last axis will be perpendicular to the others.

HRESULT Reset()


Remarks:

Resets the frame to its default: After this call the frame will coincide with the global frame .

HRESULT ResetOrientation()


Remarks:

Restores default orientation of the frame: Aligns axes of the frame with the global axes. Location of the frame remains unchanged

HRESULT Copy(IUnknown* frame)

Parameters

frame - [in] I3DObject, IFrame, IFrame2 or IFrame3 interface implemented by the frame object to be copied.


Remarks:

This method will copy position and orientation of frame into the frame, which implements this interface. For example, when this IFrame3 and frame are queried from two different object. the first object will be located at the same point and oriented in the same way as the second object.

HRESULT ToLocal(double *x, double *y, double *z)

Parameters

x, y, z - [in, out] - coordinates of a point to be converted to local frame

Returns

S_OK in case of success.


Remarks:

This method allows conversion of 3D global coordinates to coordinates relative to the local axes of the frame the interface was queried from.

HRESULT ToGlobal(double *x, double *y, double *z)

Parameters

x, y, z - [in, out] - coordinates of a point to be converted to local frame


Remarks:

Converts coordinates relative to the local axes of the frame the interface was queried from to 3D global coordinates.

HRESULT Push()

Stores internally position and orientation of this frame. Noramally called before some modification to be able to restore with a Pop() call

HRESULT Pop()

Restores the last position and orientation stored with Push() call

HRESULT ToLocalVector(DIVect* vect)

Converts a global vector relative to these axes

HRESULT ToGlobalVector(DIVect* vect)

Assuming vect has coordinates relative the these axes converts them to global axes

HRESULT ToLocalFrame(IFrame3* frame)

Makes frame relative to these axes. This means that coordinates of axes and of the origin of frame as returned by I3DObject will be relative the these axes (the frame which implements this interface)

HRESULT ToGlobalFrame(IFrame3* frame)

Assimes that coordinates of frame are relative to this and converts them to global coordinates. This method uses this.ToGlobal() to convert origin of frame and this.ToGlobalVector() to convert all three axes of frame

HRESULT Invert()

Changes this frame in such way that it becomes frame of the inverse transform. See Transforms