VARKON Version 1.15 1997-10-24

getcsy - Procedure

Get coordinate system from GM


Description

Reads coordinate system data from GM.

Syntax

getcsy(id, name, csydat)

REF	id;
STRING	name*10;
FLOAT	csydat(4,4);

Principal parameters

id	- Global identity of a coordinate system
name	- Coordinate systems name
csydat	- A 4 by 4 transformation matrix (local system to global)

Optional parameters

None.

Comments

See for example Faux and Pratt, "Computational Geometry for design and manufacture", page 75 for further details on transformations.