Hi,

I have a model which I have modeled in sPatch. I would like to split the
different parts of the model up and animate the character. I have split the
unions of bicubic patches into the different parts Ie left leg, right leg,
head.

The problem is that because these were once one model all the parts are not
created at the origin <0,0,0> hence I can't place commands such as

rotate <0,-45+(90*clock),0>

into the scene to animate features such as the head turning. I actually tell
a lie I can animate the head since is is centered on the y axis but for such
features like the hands you can't rotate them up and down with

rotate <-45+(90*clock),0,0>

because they are already posistioned way above <0,0,0>

Since a computer program generated this model I don't know how much I would
have translate certain objects to move them back to the origin to rotate and
then move them back.

My question is can I use something like the vector function
vaxis_rotate(a,b,f) to rotate whole unions.

Otherwise I'll have a lot of trial and error ahead to work out how much I
have to translate all these objects :-)

Thanks,
Christopher Fairbair.

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