Example #1
0
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
bool  testRotationTwoAxes( const BodyOrSpaceType bodyOrSpace, const Real angle1, const CoordinateAxis& axis1, const Real angle2, const CoordinateAxis &axis2 ) {

    // Form rotation about specified axes
    Rotation rotationSpecified( bodyOrSpace, angle1, axis1, angle2, axis2 );

    // Form equivalent rotation by another means
    Rotation AB( angle1, axis1 );
    Rotation BC( angle2, axis2 );
    Rotation testRotation = (bodyOrSpace == BodyRotationSequence) ? AB * BC : BC * AB;

    // Test to see if they are the same
    bool test = rotationSpecified.areAllRotationElementsSameToMachinePrecision( testRotation );

    // Do the inverse problem to back out the angles
    const Vec2 testVec = rotationSpecified.convertTwoAxesRotationToTwoAngles( bodyOrSpace, axis1, axis2 );
    const Real theta1 = testVec[0];
    const Real theta2 = testVec[1];

    // Create a Rotation matrix with the backed-out angles and compare to the original Rotation matrix
    testRotation.setRotationFromTwoAnglesTwoAxes( bodyOrSpace, theta1, axis1, theta2, axis2 );
    test = test && rotationSpecified.areAllRotationElementsSameToMachinePrecision( testRotation );

    // Conversion should produce same angles for for appropriate ranges of angle1 and angle2
    if( axis1.isSameAxis(axis2) ) 
       test = test && testInverseRotation1Angle( angle1+angle2, theta1+theta2 );
    else
       test = test && testInverseRotation2Angle( angle1,theta1, angle2,theta2 );

    return test;
}