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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Values for component rotations are presented in rows in the Information window.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The three vectors X-Axis, Y-Axis, and Z-Axis for the rows of a 3x3 matrix map a vector in the coordinate system of the component into that of the assembly, such as with the following:</p>
      <p class="para_topic">( X-Axis XC, X-Axis YC, X-Axis ZC ) ( X )( X-new ) ( Y-Axis XC, Y-Axis YC, Y-Axis ZC ) ( Y ) -- &gt;( Y-new ) ( Z-Axis XC, Z-Axis YC, Z-Axis ZC ) ( Z )( Z-new )</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Note that this interpretation of the data from Information&rarr;Object is different from what you would see for the output of UF_ASSEM_ask_component_data. The CSYS returned from that routine forms a rotation matrix as follows: </p>
                  <p class="para_note_body">( CSYS[0], CSYS[3], CSYS[6] ) ( CSYS[1], CSYS[4], CSYS[7] ) ( CSYS[2], CSYS[5], CSYS[8] ) </p>
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