"Chris Huff" wrote:
> "Rune" wrote:
>
> > If I've understood it correctly, to multiply matrixes in
> > POV-Ray I can simply apply both matrixes to the object
> > (first A, then C), right?
>
> Depends on what you want to do...matrices are multiplied
> together to concatenate the transforms, but you won't be
> able to retrieve the matrix.

I haven't figured it all out yet, but I *think* I won't need the matrix
itself.

> And if you really only want to manipulate objects or
> vectors, and don't care about the matrices themselves,
> MegaPOV allows you to transform vectors and use inverse
> transformations without needing any macros.

Uh, clever!

Erm, hehe, I guess that means I don't need the inverse matrix macro after
all...

Rune
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