Question [Blender] How to get object orientation vectors (global frame) ?

[N_Molson]

I'm trying to get orientation vectors from a Blender object so that I can use them for animations in Orbiter.

The problem is : how to get "absolute" orientation values in Blender ? What the "Rotation" gizmo shows makes little sense. Is there a script to download or something ?

 

[GLS]

Pick (or place) 2 points along the axis you want, and calculate the difference between them: a vector along that axis. Then you only need to normalize it.

 

[Jordan]

I'm trying to get orientation vectors from a Blender object so that I can use them for animations in Orbiter.

The problem is : how to get "absolute" orientation values in Blender ? What the "Rotation" gizmo shows makes little sense. Is there a script to download or something ?

Do you mean the vector of the rotation axis?
If Yes then this Script may help you.

Display values of a normal of a selected face

We want to see the three values of a normal of a face when we select it in edit mode. How to do so? Is there any add-on showing these sort of info realtime? Update: It seems the accepted answer...

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[N_Molson]

Actually I created a custom transform orientation for my object, then created a camera and aligned it with that orientation... seems to work.

 

[Jordan]

I did it similar to this until I found this script (addon). I just need a face that points in the desired direction and have the values immediately. At the end i need to swap the y and z values

 

[N_Molson]

Swapping y & z is always necessary, that's because Orbiter is based on a left-handed coordinates system, and Blender on a right-handed one..