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FindPosition — Extraction of relative position of observers [maple]

Reference: Appendix B in Multibody Mechanics and Visualization by Harry Dankowicz, published by Springer Verlag UK, 2004.

Calling Sequence

FindPosition(A1,A2)

Parameters

A1, A2: names of defined observers

Description

The function FindPosition returns the position vector from the reference point of the observer A1 to the reference point of the observer A2.

Examples

>Restart(): >DeclareObservers(A,B): >DeclarePoints(A,B): >DeclareTriads(a,b): >DefineObservers([A,A,a],[B,B,b]): >DefinePoints(A,B,a,1,2,3): >FindPosition(A,B);

$table ([1 = table ([Coordinates = [\begin{array}{r} 1 \\ 2 \\ 3 \end{array}], Triad = a]), Size = 1, Type = Vector])$

Toolbox functions

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