WISH: Add degree conversion to sin, cos, tangent, and cotangent inputs

Hi David,

Is it possible to have the "conversion to degree" option for sin, cos, tangent, and cotangent inputs similar to A(ngle) input for Rotate component(s)?

Best,

Mostapha

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on February 27, 2013 at 7:37pm

Could be a good idea. Just to be sure are you aware of the radians to degrees and degrees to radians components?

Permalink Reply by Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari on February 27, 2013 at 7:43pm

Hi Michael, Yes... I do. Just imagine if I had to handle everything in radians! I can't even imagine actually. ;). Thanks though.

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on February 28, 2013 at 2:59am

Hmm, unfortunately the Radians->Degree converter is only available on Number parameters, Sin, Tan etc. use Generic inputs since they can operate on many different data types (i.e. Integers, Numbers, Complex Numbers, Points, Vectors and Domains). They might not all make sense but almost all Arithmetic Function components work this way.

I can add that function of course but it'll take a little bit of work.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on February 28, 2013 at 3:26am

Well, it's done. I have no idea whether it make sense to define angles in degrees for data types other than integers and numbers, but all trig components should have Degree options come the next version.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari on February 28, 2013 at 10:58am

Hi David! Thanks. I didn't know that Sin, Cos, etc. use Generic inputs. A stupid question then. What does cos(vector) could be used for? I tested it for a vector, and output is a new vector of {cos(x), cos(y),cos(z)}.

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on February 28, 2013 at 12:49pm

I couldn't think of another way to implement Cos() for vectors. The thing is, all those function components derive from a basic component which accepts any kind of data. Whenever a type is not supported by a specific operation you'll get a red component, but I try to supply functionality for all types.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari on February 28, 2013 at 12:53pm

Got it! Thanks. I can't think of any other way too. I was just wondering if there is a special case to use it. -Mostapha

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on February 28, 2013 at 2:28pm