Hi,
I want to rotate a part with known euler angles, zyx rotation sequence. However, I do not understand how to do that.
When I go to: 'Data Migration' - 'Move/Copy Bodies' , and I select the box 'Euler's angular rotation', this does not give the desired output. I searched on the internet and there is stated that this method delivers the same resulting rotation regardless of the order in which you specify these values [1]. However, I thought that the main characteristic of euler angles is that the rotation order does matter. So I thought they might mean that there is a general sequence of rotations Solidworks works with, that does not change.
Another website [2] states that the rotation sequence of Solidworks is Z-, X-, and Z-axis rotation. However, in my Solidworks (2023), I can give values for Y, X and Z. Therefore I do not understand how this works.
When I tried to rotate the part and play with the values, I cannot get a good insight in what is happening. When for example I fill in a Ry=90 degrees, it rotates around the global y-axis (which is ofcourse as I expected). When I add Rx=30 degrees, it rotates around the local x-axis (thus in the global coordinate frame the z-axis, which indicated for me that the coordinate system is also rotated) and when I add Rz=30 degrees, it rotates again around the local x-axis (the in the global coordinate frame the z-axis, which indicated for me that the the coordinate system is not rotated, in contradiction to what I thought previously).
I hope you can help me,
Kind regards.
References
[2] https://help.solidworks.com/2023/english/SolidWorks/motionstudies/c_euler_angle_results.htm
