I'm not sure to have well understood what's your problem in what you say,
but the polar coordinates of a point in a plane are
x = radius*cos(angle)
y = radius*sin(angle)
where angle is the angle beetwin the x-axis and the line from the origin and
your point, and radius, the distance from the origin to the origin
hoping it'll help you in any way

Baillp


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> I can't remember how to determine the new x y coordinates in a
> circle and it's been a while since I've done any real math, so trying
> to work the problem by myself has resulted in failure...
>
> If I have a radius of 10(pov units)and the line is then rotated by
> say 45degrees(or whatever angle I need), what is the new <x,y>?
> I can't remember the formula for it...
>
> I could just translate the object along x and then rotate around z,
> but I kind of need the math to find it's new postion.
>
> TIA
> --
> Phil
> ...coffee?...yes please! extra sugar,extra cream...Thank you.

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