creating probes

[jkb_mcg]

Does anyone know exactly what all the numbers represent when you are trying to add a probe to the probe.dat files?

[Wes Cisco]

Yes, this should help.

[Matthew D. Hoedeman]

They are a very basic graphical description of the probe itself. Start point, start diameter, end point, end diameter, which would include the direction, etc.


ITEM:TIP3BY10MM M2 (name of tip)
begintip (code command)
ribcount 10 (number of facets (I think))
color 142 142 142 (color of this portion, 0 to 255 values, RED GREEN BLUE)
cylinder 0 0 0 0 0 -3 3 (cylinder, starts at X0 Y0 Z0 to X0 Y0 -3 in Z, 3mm diameter)
cone 0 0 -3 3 0 0 -7 1.5 (start of cone at X0 Y0 Z-3 3mm diameter to X0 Y0 -7 in Z ending at 1.5 diameter)
cylinder 0 0 -7 0 0 -10 1.5 (cylinder from X0 Y0 Z-7 to X0 Y0 -10Z, 1.5 diameter)
color 255 0 0 (Color of next piece)
sphere 0 0 -10 3 (sphere at X0 Y0 Z-10 3mm in diameter)
hotspot 0 0 -10 0 0 1 3 3 ball (center point of sphere at X0 Y0 Z-10 vector, 0 0 1 3 unknown, 3mm diameter of hotspot in the shape of a ball)
endtip (code for end of definition)


DANG, I just typed in what I have figured out on my own, but your link beat me to the punch. Must be because I was typing and you were just linking!

[jkb_mcg]

Greatly appreciated!