To elaborate on my reply, you don't have to be in the mode you're converting from. Select the form you're converting to and just enter in the form you're converting from.
e.g.
Set CYLIN in the soft menu. Then enter (1,2) as a rectangular. When you press enter, the cylindrical form is put on the stack.
e.g.
Set CYLIN in the soft menu. Then enter (1,2) as a rectangular. When you press enter, the cylindrical form is put on the stack.
--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, Don Hart <ddhart1@...> wrote:
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> Soft menus are set with flag -117. Enter -117 and then SF and enter. Or use the flag browser by way of the MODE key.
>
> To do the conversion, set the mode you're converting from using...
> PRG -> MODES -> ANGLE
> then either RECT, CYLIN; SPHERE
>
> Then enter enter what you're converting from...
> e.g. (1,2) in rectangular
> and press CYLIN to convert to cylindrical
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>
> --- On Sat, 5/23/09, rickwendel763242 <rickwendel763242@...> wrote:
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> > From: rickwendel763242 <rickwendel763242@...>
> > Subject: [50g] Re: How do you convert from Rectangular To Polar and Polar To Rectangular?
> > To: 50g@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Saturday, May 23, 2009, 8:24 PM
> > I couldn't figure out how to change
> > from the drop down menus to the soft menus.
> >
> > Here's the procedure I figured out:
> > Convert from rectangular to polar or viceversa:
> > 1. White Mode button
> > 2. Arrow down to Coordinate System.
> > 3. Select the soft key; Choose
> > 4. Change the mode to the one your converting too.
> > 5. Place your entry in (X,Y) format using
> > parenthesis. Thats left arrow and second set of
> > parenthesis down. Use right arrow and comma, to put in
> > a comma between.
> > 6. Press enter.
> > 7. Note: When entering polar form you have to put the angle
> > symbol after you put in the comma. That's ALPHA, right
> > arrow, 6.
> >
> >
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