Bearing Orientation
In the Bearing Orientation node, you specify the orientation of the bearing with respect to spatial directions.
Bearing Orientation
Select an Axis — x-Axis, y-Axis, z-Axis, or User defined — to specify the axis of the bearing. Except for the User defined case, the axis passes through the origin. In the User defined case, also select Center — Automatic or User defined.
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Automatic: The centroid of the bearing surface is the base point the bearing axis.
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User defined: Enter the coordinates of the Base point on bearing axis.
Enter the Bearing orientation vector defining local y direction. The direction given will be adjusted so that it is orthogonal to the rotor axis. The default value is the global y-axis.
You can further modify the y-axis orientation by entering an angle for the Rotation of orientation vector around bearing axis. The direction inferred from the previous setting will be rotated counterclockwise around the rotor axis.
This is required input data.