first point on slice always starts at (0,0)

processing/post/table2ang.py

@@ -144,6 +144,41 @@ for file in files:
   table = damask.ASCIItable(file['input'])                                  # open ASCII_table for reading
   table.head_read()                                                         # read ASCII header info
 
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+# read in original data as vectors:
+# 1)     deformed coordinates in x,y,z -> originalPoints
+# 2) PER undeformed coordinates in x,y,z -> geomSize
+# 3) PER deformation gradient -> defgrad
+# 4) PER calc average deformation gradient -> avgDefgrad
+# 5)     corresponding data columns -> data
+
+# generate target coordinates 
+# 1)     bounding box from original coordinates
+# 2)     equally fill bounding box with points
+#        needs slicing direction, number of slices, point distance, and grid type (either hex or cube) -> targetPoints
+# 3) NON find points that lie outside the original geometry and store in logical map -> phantomPointFlag
+
+# get nearest neighbor mapping
+# 1) PER map from math_nearestNeighbors(geomSize,avgDefgrad,targetPoints,originalPoints) 
+#    NON map from math_nearestNeighbors(targetPoints,originalPoints)
+
+# write out ang file
+# 1)     write header
+# 2)     loop over targetPoints
+#        a) if not phantomPointFlag then write orientation
+#        b) else then write fake orientation
+# alternatively:
+# 2)     loop over targetPoints and write orientation
+# 3)     convert phantomPintFlag to image quality data 
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 # --------------- figure out dimension and resolution 
 
   try: