Strange Value set during tutorial for Object postion

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V K
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Strange Value set during tutorial for Object postion

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Hello,

as I am new here I try to follow the [BibbleRob][/https://coppeliarobotics.com/helpFiles/index.html] tutorial.
Setting the "Object" position/orientation values for the proximity sensor is overwritten by the menu.
E.g. 90 degress for x rotation is set to 9.000. The translation 1.2 is set to 0.2.

I am using CoppeliaSim V4.3.0., (rev. 3), flavor: 2 on Ubuntu 20.04. Anything which coul cause that ?

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Re: Strange Value set during tutorial for Object postion

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Hello,

can you show a screenshot of what you are referring to?

Cheers

V K
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Re: Strange Value set during tutorial for Object postion

Post by V K »

Hello,

that's a bit difficult as the numbers flip when I click outside the "Object/Item shift" dialog.
Also didn't find a way to upload pictures
I have entered 0.1000e-02 which instantly changed to +1.0000e-02 when clicked outside for the screenshot

not sure why the default values have a minus value

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Re: Strange Value set during tutorial for Object postion

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Some values are limitied in range. So this is what might be happening. Normally, if you enter 0.1000e-02 for a position, then it will turn into 1.0000e-03, which is the same.
For the orientation, all three angles are kind of connected. So changing one, might change the other. More details about Euler angles can be found here.

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V K
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Re: Strange Value set during tutorial for Object postion

Post by V K »

Thanks for the reply.
Unfortunately for me as a beginner it does not explain anything.
If I follow the tutorial I would expect the entered values are absolute values.
Not sure how to deal with it
Thanks for now

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Re: Strange Value set during tutorial for Object postion

Post by coppelia »

Please show me exactly how I can reproduce the problem, best on a default scene. Step-by-step. Right now I am not even sure what you mean and in which situation exactly. Too many variables (is the object orphan or does it have a parent? Which tab of the dialog? "position", "Translation", or something else? Relative to what object? "World", "parent frame" or "own frame", etc.)

Cheers

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