Name

dir2ae — Returns the azimuth and elevation (AE) using the provided direction vector.

Synopsis

dir2ae [-i] {dx dy dz}

DESCRIPTION

Returns the azimuth and elevation (AE) using the provided direction vector as input. If the -i option is used the commmand will return the inverse AE. See also the ae2dir and qvrot commands.

EXAMPLES

The example shows the use of the dir2ae command to get the AE.

Example 1. Find the AE using the provided direction vector.

mged> dir2ae 0.707107 0.707107 0

Returns the AE using a direction vector of 0.707107 0.707107 0.



AUTHOR

BRL-CAD Team

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