I can't say I understand this. some more explination please.
As you do it, I get that M is anew matrix pointer at I, then you apply a rotate
to a matrix ???? Hmm, don't get that at all.

"John M. Dlugosz" wrote:
> 
> 
> It sure is.  I don't know if it's worth doing it in POV script, though.
> It's not exactly an object-oriented language.
> 
>     matrix M= I;  // identity matrix
>     M.rotate (n*x);
>     M.rotate (n*y);
>     M.rotate (n*z);
>     M.translate (whatever);
>     // ... later
>     someObject.rotate (M);  // do the whole thing as one step
>     anotherObject.rotate (M);  // same value used here.
> 
> --John

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