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00001 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
00002 // File:     Orientation.h
00003 // Class:    None 
00004 // Parent:   None
00005 // Purpose:  Includes UnitVec3, Quaternion, Rotation, Transform, and related classes
00006 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
00007 #ifndef SimTK_SIMMATRIX_ORIENTATION_H_
00008 #define SimTK_SIMMATRIX_ORIENTATION_H_
00009 
00010 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
00011  *                      SimTK Core: SimTK Simmatrix(tm)                       *
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00013  * This is part of the SimTK Core biosimulation toolkit originating from      *
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00019  * Authors: Michael Sherman and Paul Mitiguy                                  *
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00040 
00048 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
00049 #include "SimTKcommon/internal/common.h"
00050 #include "SimTKcommon/SmallMatrix.h"
00051 #include "SimTKcommon/internal/UnitVec.h"
00052 #include "SimTKcommon/internal/Quaternion.h"
00053 #include "SimTKcommon/internal/Rotation.h"
00054 #include "SimTKcommon/internal/Transform.h"
00055 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
00056 #include <iosfwd>  // Forward declaration of iostream
00057 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
00058 
00059 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
00060 // Some handy conversion constants. 
00061 // Use templatized inline conversion routines instead whenever possible.
00062 // These are defined so that you can multiply by them. For example, if you have
00063 // an angle qRad in radians and want to convert to degrees, write qDeg = qRad*SimTK_RTD.
00064 // Note that the expressions here will always be evaluated at compile time, yielding
00065 // long double results which you can cast to smaller sizes if you want.
00066 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
00067 #define SimTK_RTD (180/SimTK_PI)
00068 #define SimTK_DTR (SimTK_PI/180)
00069 
00070 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
00071 namespace SimTK {
00072 
00073 inline static Real  convertRadiansToDegrees(const Real rad) { return rad*Real(SimTK_RTD); }
00074 inline static Real  convertDegreesToRadians(const Real deg) { return deg*Real(SimTK_DTR); }
00075 
00076 
00077 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
00078 }  // End of namespace SimTK
00079 
00080 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
00081 #endif // SimTK_SIMMATRIX_ORIENTATION_H_
00082 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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