OOF: Finite Element Analysis of Microstructures
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Coordinate Conventions
The numerals 1, 2, and 3 are used to label the axes in a coordinate system attached to the crystalline axes. The letters , , and refer to the lab (screen) coordinates: is to the right, is up, and comes out of the screen. Unless a rotation is applied to a material via the orientation parameter (see Section 4.3), 1 aligns with , 2 with , and 3 with .
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