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  Re: Requesting user feedback: POV-Ray v3.7 scenes/includes  
From: Friedrich Lohmueller
Date: 6 Mar 2013 16:06:42
Message: <5137afe2$1@news.povray.org>
Am 06.03.2013 09:15, schrieb Kenneth:
> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>
>>
>> Just as an info: The modeller Silo uses the following right-handed
>> system coordinate:
>>
>> X to the right (thumb)
>> Y up (index)
>> Z towards viewer/out of screen (middle)
>>
>> Moray, on the other hand (no pun intended), was right-handed as follows:
>>
>> X to the right (thumb)
>> Y towards screen (index)
>> Z up (middle)
>>
>
> What a mess! :-P
>
> Well, there seems to be at least ONE 'standard' that everyone/every system
> agrees on: +x is to the right. Hooray! It's good to know that there's one little
> 'island of stability' in a chaotic world. ;-)
>
I don't want not spoil your joy :-)
but "+x is right" is not always right!
Sometimes it's also left!
Take a look at http://www.f-lohmueller.de/pov_anim/ani_3920d.htm


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