Extracts point orientation to feature attributes.
Input Ports
Input
Features with point geometries.
Output Ports
Output
Features with newly set attributes based on point orientation. No attributes are added to features containing points with no orientation.
Parameters
Transformer
Orientation Mode
Specifies the representation to use when extracting point orientation. The following representations are supported:
- 2D Rotation: Extracts orientation as a rotation around the Z-axis, in degrees CCW from the X-axis.
- Normal + Spin: Extracts orientation as a unit vector (normal) indicating pitch and yaw, and an angle (spin), in degrees, indicating roll (right hand rule).
- Axis Angle: Extracts orientation as a rotation, in degrees (right hand rule), around an axis of rotation specified by a unit vector.
- Azimuth + Altitude: Extracts orientation in degrees CW from the positive Y-axis (azimuth), and degrees from the XY plane (altitude).
- Matrix: Extracts orientation as a 3x3 rotation matrix.
- Quaternion: Extracts orientation as a unit quaternion (versor).
- Euler Angles: Extracts orientation as angles A, B, and Y, representing, in order, rotations around the Z-axis, X’-axis, and Z’’-axis (intrinsic rotations, right-hand rule).
- Tait Bryan Angles: Extracts orientation as angles yaw, pitch, and roll, representing, in order, rotations around the Z-axis, Y’-axis, and X’’-axis (intrinsic rotations, right-hand rule).
2D Rotation Parameters
2D Rotation Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store 2D rotation.
Normal + Spin Parameters
Orientation Normal X Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store the X component of the normal.
Orientation Normal Y Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store the Y component of the normal.
Orientation Normal Z Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store the Z component of the normal.
Spin Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store spin.
Axis Angle Parameters
Axis Angle X Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store the X component of the axis.
Axis Angle Y Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store the Y component of the axis.
Axis Angle Z Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store the Z component of the axis.
Rotation Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store the degrees of rotation around the axis (right hand rule).
Azimuth Altitude Parameters
Azimuth Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store azimuth.
Altitude Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store altitude.
Matrix Parameters
Coefficient A to I Attributes
Name of the attributes on which to store the coefficients of the transformation matrix:
x' = Ax + By + Cz
y' = Dx + Ey + Fz
z' = Gx + Hy + Iz
Quaternion Parameters
X Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store the x coefficient.
Y Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store the y coefficient.
Z Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store the z coefficient.
W Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store the w coefficient.
Euler Angles Parameters
A Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store the first rotation, around the Z-axis.
B Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store the second rotation, around the X’-axis.
Y Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store the third rotation, around the Z’’-axis.
Tait Bryan Angles Parameters
Yaw Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store yaw.
Pitch Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store pitch.
Roll Attribute
Name of the attribute on which to store roll.
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