Hi Reinoud-
Reinoud Bokhorst wrote:
(second try, the first post became somehow attached to a previous post)
Hi,
I am trying to make a vector plan view from (wave) directional data. The
direction field contains values in radians. So I created the following
new formula:
makeVector( sin(d*180/3.14159), cos(d*180/3.14159) )
When I apply this formula all goes well, i.e. I get to select the
direction field from my data source and the vector view control is
shown. It correctly shows that the vector values range from -1 to 1.
However, no vectors are shown in the view.. What am I doing wrong? (IDV
2.7u2)
The problem is that the names of the derived fields end up the same
which confuses the display mapping. Change the name of one of the
fields using the newName procedure:
makeVector(newName( sin(d*180/3.14159),"U"),cos(d*180/3.14159) )
or for completeness, change them both:
makeVector(newName(sin(d*180/3.14159),"U"),newName(cos(d*180/3.14159),"V"))
Also, I found that setting the range in the control to -.1 to .1 makes a
better display.
Don
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