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deduce the angle between the shoulders and the horizontal
Anatole MARTIN--DELALONDE
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Hello,

From 2 point and from the perpendicular to the vertical (finally the abscissa of the reference). I would like to be able to deduce the angle between the shoulders and the horizontal, for a scientific experiment. Can you help me please?
Thank you in advance.

Anatole


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Douglas Brown
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You can do this easily with a tape measure (toolbar Measuring Tool button|New|Tape Measure). The tape measures both it's length and its angle from the x-axis, so if you place the two ends of the tape on the shoulder points it should give you the angle you want.  You can also right-click the tape and choose Attach Ends, then in the dialog attach the ends to the 2 shoulder point masses. This way the tape's angle data will be the shoulder angle for every frame.


> I would like to be able to deduce the angle between
> the shoulders and the horizontal, for a scientific
> experiment. Can you help me please?



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