Custom Joystick Rotation

[mhead10]

Jeff, thanks for the reply. I've created a simple example below for your review. I've assigned three different centers to rotate about in my Kinematic function.

import viztask
import viz
import vizshape
import vizcam
import vizact
viz.go()

viz.clearcolor(0.5,0.7,1)

#Change navigation style to pivot
cam = vizcam.PivotNavigate(center=[0,0,0], distance = 25) 
cam.rotateUp(45)
cam.rotateRight(0)

#Add grid
grid = vizshape.addGrid()
grid.color(viz.GRAY)
grid.collidePlane()   # Make collideable plane

#Add an object.
shaft = vizshape.addCylinder(height = 5, radius = .25, slices = 15)

r = 5
def Kinematics_1(rotation1):	
	shaft.center =(1,1,1)
	vizact.whilekeydown('a',shaft.setEuler,[0,vizact.elapsed(r),0],viz.REL_LOCAL)
		
	shaft.center = (2,2,2)
	vizact.whilekeydown('s',shaft.setEuler,[0,vizact.elapsed(-r),0],viz.REL_LOCAL)
	
	shaft.center = (3,3,3)
	vizact.whilekeydown('d',shaft.setEuler,[vizact.elapsed(-r),0,0],viz.REL_LOCAL)
	vizact.whilekeydown('f',shaft.setEuler,[vizact.elapsed(r),0,0],viz.REL_PARENT)

def Main_Loop(rot):
	while True:
		print 'shaft center = ', shaft.getCenter()
		yield Kinematics_1(r)
		print ''
viztask.schedule(Main_Loop(r))

The center, in this example, actually remains at (0,0,0) and does not get assigned to (1,1,1), (2,2,2), or (3,3,3). However, the keyboard rotations all work correctly. Does this make sense?

Furthermore, the 'f' key would not rotate with viz.REL_LOCAL for some reason, but does for viz.REL_PARENT (even though there is no parent present).

Thanks for your help. Hopefully I'm missing something silly.