POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Why left-handed coordinate system? : Re: Why left-handed coordinate system? Server Time
31 Jul 2024 12:14:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Why left-handed coordinate system?  
From: Warp
Date: 21 Nov 2002 03:57:23
Message: <3ddc9ff3@news.povray.org>
jfmiller <jfm### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> 1)  Place the 4 fingers of you LEFT hand so they point in the +X direction.
> In the default configuration of POVRay this is heading off the Right side of
> your moniter.

> 2)  "Curl" your fingers so they move from +X to +Y.  Again Default POVRay:
> "curl" from right to top of your moniter

> 3) Your thumb now points in the direction of the +Z axis.  In the example
> above "into" the screen.

  And someone thinks this is easier than simply pointing your thumb to
+X, index finger to +Y and middle finger to +Z?

-- 
#macro M(A,N,D,L)plane{-z,-9pigment{mandel L*9translate N color_map{[0rgb x]
[1rgb 9]}scale<D,D*3D>*1e3}rotate y*A*8}#end M(-3<1.206434.28623>70,7)M(
-1<.7438.1795>1,20)M(1<.77595.13699>30,20)M(3<.75923.07145>80,99)// - Warp -


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