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      <h4 class="refClassification">Location of the Observer </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Defines the location of the observer with respect to the model in the (r, s, t) coordinate system defined on the AXES command for perspective and stereoscopic projections only. </p>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">VANTAGE POINT  ro  so  to  do  sor </p>
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      <div class="refCategoryContent"><pre class="indent">VANT 100.</pre></div>
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                     <p class="para_td">ro </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Location of the observer on the r-axis in model units. (Real) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Location of the observer and left eye of the observer on the s-axis, in model units, for perspective and stereoscopic projections, respectively.  (Real) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">to </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Location of the observer on the t-axis in model units. (Real) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Separation of the observer and the projection plane on the r-axis in model units.  The PROJECTION PLANE SEPARATION command may also specify the separation. (Real) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">sor </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Location of the observer&rsquo;s right eye for stereoscopic projections in model units. (Real) </p>
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               <p class="para_item">VANTAGE POINT or the FIND command must be specified if the PERSPECTIVE or STEREOSCOPIC command is also specified. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">The VANTAGE POINT command is not recommended.  The FIND command is recommended because it automatically calculates the optimum vantage point. </p>
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               <p class="para_item">A theoretical description of the vantage point is contained in <em>The NASTRAN Theoretical Manual</em>. 
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