POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Feature Request : Re: Feature Request Server Time
9 Aug 2024 09:02:32 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Feature Request  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 6 Aug 2000 22:27:03
Message: <slrn8os8a7.lf.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 20:03:53 -0400, John VanSickle wrote:
>The ability to extract the elements from a declared transform.

[...]

>I don't perceive this as being too difficult, and would give some of
>the advanced users around here another tool.

Can't you just make a macro that transforms the origin (for the translate
part) and the three basis vectors (don't forget to subract the translate) 
to extract that info?  You need vtransform, of course, but I'm guessing
you already have access to that.

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.


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