> Thanks to everybody helping me before the DOOR problem is solved with above
> code. Now I got a second problem, I want to rotate the cabinet on its on y axis
> (turn left or right) but it orbits again. I can only rotate objects on their y
> axis 90-180-270 degrees cause I change their width and depth values with each
> other in the translate statement. But I know this is wrong...
> How do I rotate my cabinet or any object in place. How would you rotate the
> above cabinet 34 degrees with values given above?
> 
> Note: I have been using povray for a year now, I still can't rotate objects in
> place without orbiting? Sorry if I'm slow to understand. Thanks again.
> 
> 
> 

Anytime you get your objects orbiting when you rotate them, it's because 
they are not created at the origin, or you have positioned them before 
the rotation.

A cabinet should be modeled with it's back having a zero coordinate and 
sit on the grouns: 0-> +Y.
A door should have an edge along the Y axis.
A trap with an adge along the X or Z axis.
Furnitures and objects destined to stand on something should extend from 
the X-Z plane toward +Y and be located around the Y axis.
Other objects should sit around the origin.

So, before you rotate the object, be sure it's sitting at the correct 
place. Never translate from the origin before you rotate.

1 - Create all objects AT the origin.
2 - Scale the object as needed.
3 - Rotate the object as needed.
4 - Translate the object to it's final location.

Alain

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