[Gmsh] euler angle definitions in gmsh

Christophe Geuzaine cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be
Mon Jan 19 19:24:00 CET 2009


Umut Tabak wrote:
> Dear developers,
> 
> How are the euler angles defined in Gmsh? For the General.Rotation X/Y/Z 
> when General.Trackball = 0.
> 
> Looking at,
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler_angles
> 
> I see that their definitions might change from one source to another. 
> And I have never had an experience with them before :S.
> 
> Actually, I found out this
> 
> http://geuz.org/pipermail/gmsh/2002/000567.html
> 
> from the Faq replied by Christophe which is a good trick, indeed solved 
> my problem. But I just wondered how they are defined.
> 

-> xyz (with all angles taken as "negative" compared to the wikipedia page)


> Best regards,
> Umut
> 
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