Why do the node coordinates show a negative y direction even though the positive transverse offset is going in the right direction looking ahead station in most bridge workflows? In a typical 3D coordinate system, there are three mutually perpendicular axes: X, Y, and Z. The X-axis is horizontal and points to the right, the Y-axis is vertical and points upwards, and the Z-axis is horizontal and points towards the viewer. However, in the context of bridge engineering, positive transverse offset values are typically used in the right direction when looking ahead at a station. To ensure consistency with how bridge engineers think, many library components in OpenBrIM Platform convert +Y values to -Y and -Y values to +Y in their input parameters.
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