NXtranslation

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For information on using NXtranslation see Coordinate_Systems

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XML Meta-DTD Definition for NXtranslation.xml

This follows the XML Meta-DTD Definition format and can be downloaded from http://svn.nexusformat.org/definitions/tags/PRE_NXDL/base_classes/NXtranslation.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
URL:     http://www.nexus.anl.gov/classes/xml/NXtranslation.xml
Editor:  NIAC
$Id: NXtranslation.xml 4 2005-07-19 04:10:26Z rio $

This is the description for the general spatial location
of a component - it is used by the NXgeometry.xml class
-->
<NXtranslation name="{name of translation}">
	<NXgeometry name="{geometry}">
		{Link to other object if we are relative , else absent}?
	</NXgeometry>
	<distances type="NX_FLOAT[numobj,3]" units="">
		{(x,y,z)}{This field and the angle field describe the position of a component. For absolute position, the origin is the scattering center (where a perfectly aligned sample would be) with the z-axis pointing downstream and the y-axis pointing gravitationally up. For a relative position the NXtranslation is taken into account before the NXorientation. The axes are right-handed and orthonormal.}?
	</distances>
</NXtranslation>

Tabular Representation of XML Meta-DTD

(automatically generated from http://svn.nexusformat.org/definitions/tags/PRE_NXDL/base_classes/NXtranslation.xml)

NXtranslation

Name Type Description Attributes
{geometry}NXgeometryLink to other object if we are relative , else absent
distancesNX_FLOAT[numobj,3](x,y,z)
{This field and the angle field describe the position of a component. For absolute position, the origin is the scattering center (where a perfectly aligned sample would be) with the z-axis pointing downstream and the y-axis pointing gravitationally up. For a relative position the NXtranslation is taken into account before the NXorientation. The axes are right-handed and orthonormal.}
units=""

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