33.6.6 Orient Profile Dialog Box

The Orient Profile dialog box allows you to reorient a profile so that you can apply it to a particular boundary. See Section  7.6.4 for details.

Controls

Current profile   shows the name of the currently selected profile in the Profiles dialog box. This is the profile on which the new profile will be based.

New Profile   sets the name of the new cell zone or boundary profile.

New Field Definitions   contains inputs and controls for the definition of the vector and scalar fields in the new profile.

New Fields   sets the number of data fields in the new profile.

New Field Names   contains inputs for the names of the data fields in the new profile. For a vector field, all 3 inputs in each row will be active; for a scalar field, only the first will be active.

Compute From...   contains drop-down lists with the names of the fields in the Current profile. In these lists, select the fields from which the New Field Names will be computed.

Treat as Scalar Quantity   indicates (if on) that the adjacent field is a scalar quantity. If this option is off, the field is a vector quantity.

Orient To...   contains inputs for the definition of the local coordinate system for the new profile. This coordinate system will determine the orientation of the profile.

Direction Vector   is the vector that translates a cell zone or boundary profile to the new position, and is defined between the centers of the profile fields.

Rotation Matrix [RM]   specifies the rotational matrix $RM$ which is based on Euler angles ( $\gamma$, $\beta$, and $\alpha$) that define an orthogonal system $x'y'z'$ as the result of the three successive rotations from the original system $xyz$. See Section  7.6.4 for more information.

Create   creates a new profile using the information specified in the dialog box.