Microsoft KB Archive/173736

INFO: Defining Global and Local Coordinates with Expressions

PSS ID Number: Q173736 Article last modified on 09-12-1997

IRIX:3.51,3.7; WINDOWS NT:3.51,3.7

IRIX NT WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Softimage 3D for IRIX, versions 3.51, 3.7 == Softimage 3D for Windows NT, versions 3.51, 3.7 == 

= SUMMARY =

When writing an expression, you usually enter the object’s name as in the following example:

Object.fcurve

The default transformation types used in expressions are local coordinates. In order to specify global transformations instead of local, you must add .G between the object name and the fcurve, as in the following example:

Object.G.fcurve

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Version : IRIX:3.51,3.7; WINDOWS NT:3.51,3.7 Platform : IRIX NT WINDOWS Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997.