POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.animations : left or right handed rotations : Re: left or right handed rotations Server Time
19 Apr 2024 09:50:38 EDT (-0400)
  Re: left or right handed rotations  
From: omniverse
Date: 7 Oct 2016 15:20:01
Message: <web.57f7f4ee998e1a28b1933f770@news.povray.org>
"omniverse" <omn### [at] charternet> wrote:
> After reading about this at:
>
>
http://news.povray.org/povray.documentation.inbuilt/message/%3Cweb.57f3be98a39309ab21263ef70%40news.povray.org%3E/#%3
Cw
> eb.57f3be98a39309ab21263ef70%40news.povray.org%3E
>
> I had to get another look for myself at what happens when changing viewpoint for
> +z. Found the x and y rotations appear opposite, yet z remains counterclockwise
> when seen from these different directions and with the change to x sign.
>
> First is the usual view for many POV-Ray scenes with camera at a -z coordinate,
> looking toward +z. The default 'up' +y and 'right' +x (or <4/3,0,0>).

Second is with negative 'right', or right <-4/3,0,0>, and 'up' still positive y.


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