Custom Joystick Rotation

[Jeff]

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?

The center is not changing because there is some incorrect syntax. The line:

shaft.center = (1,1,1)

should be:

shaft.center(1,1,1)

If you make that change throughout the function then it will print the center to be (3,3,3) because that's the last center command called before Kinematics_1 returns. Also, it does not appear you are using the task function properly. If the main task function yields to a subtask, the subtask should have a yield command somewhere within it. The following is an example that yields within the subtask for a key event and sets a new rotation point based on that:

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)
shaft.runAction(vizact.spin(0,0,1,30))

def Kinematics_1():	
	
	d = yield viztask.waitKeyDown(('a','s','d','f'))
	if d.key == 'a':
		shaft.setCenter(0.5,0,0)
	elif d.key == 's':
		shaft.setCenter(1,0,0)
	elif d.key == 'd':
		shaft.setCenter(2,0,0)
	elif d.key == 'f':
		shaft.setCenter(0,0,0)

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

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).

The shaft object is a child of the world so viz.REL_PARENT in this case refers to world coordinates.