Advanced Question How do you rotate docking ports

[Chub777]

Simply put, how do you move the module like this:

Thanks. :tiphat:

 

[IronRain]

THIS was posted only 4 days ago.

 

[Chub777]

THIS was posted only 4 days ago.

That's about placing docking ports on a curved surface. What I mean is how do you turn the actual module via docking ports.

 

[martins]

That's about placing docking ports on a curved surface. What I mean is how do you turn the actual module via docking ports.

What's the difference? A rotation is a rotation. Just apply it to the ROT vector of your docking port.

 

[Chub777]

What's the difference? A rotation is a rotation. Just apply it to the ROT vector of your docking port.

Could you please point out which one is the ROT vector:

; === Docking ports ===
BEGIN_DOCKLIST
-0.05 0 5.4  0 0 1   0 1 0
-0.05 0 -5.4  0 0 -1   0 1 0
2.25 0 -1.62  1 0 0  0 1 0
END_DOCKLIST

 

[astrosammy]

The first three numbers are position, the second direction and the third the rotation vector.

 

[C3PO]

This might help visualizing the directions.

Shortly after the beginning of the (Orbiter)universe I sketched this on a Post-it®.


It must be in the running for the oldest surviving Post-it. :lol:

 

[MattDecker]

Here is a quote from the readme file for the Polaris add on, that explains it pretty well.

"If you want rotate by 90 the position of the module docked you must change in the file "Polaris.cfg" the old docking port information by:

Actual configuration:
; === Docking ports ===
BEGIN_DOCKLIST
0.22 0 3.77 0 0 1 0 -1 0 "port 1"
0.22 0 -3.77 0 0 -1 0 -1 0 "port 2"
END_DOCKLIST

If you want rotate the modume on the port 1 you must change his line by:
0.22 0 3.77 0 0 1 0 -1 0 default config=0°
0.22 0 3.77 0 0 1 0 1 0 rotation 180°
0.22 0 3.77 0 0 1 1 0 0 rotation 90°
0.22 0 3.77 0 0 1 -1 0 0 rotation 270°

Hope that helps.

 

[Chub777]

I got the docking ports to rotate. Thanks.