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160 FORCE FIELDS

DYNAMICS

FORCE FIELDS 161

Direction

You can set the direction parameters for the Axial eld only. To dene the direction

of the lines of force in the Axial eld, enter a vector (X,Y,Z) under Direction. This

setting refers to the object’s coordinate system. Note that because the direction is

dened as a vector, the values 100,10,0 dene the same direction as 10,1,0. A value of

0 signies no force in the corresponding direction. You can enter negative numbers

also for negative axis values.

Example

If you set X to 1 and Y to 1, the resultant direction of the force will be at the 45° angle

between the X and Y axes. To easily dene the angle of force, set one of the X,Y,Z

parameters to 1 and leave the other two parameters at their default value of 0. Then

use the Rotate tool to point the eld in the desired direction.