Skiba <abx### [at] babilonorg>  wrote:

> How can I extract components of matrix from Transform identifier ? At source
> level it is easy and I can patch it easy to get array from transform. But with
> 3.5 I have no sources so I have to extract it with manipulation. I suppose
> taking some unit vectors and read it after this transformation I can achive
> components on transformation matrix. It could be simple when it could be only
> translation and scale. But I think about universal macro with transform as
> parameter and array[4][3] as result. Should I resolve as many equations as it
> contain? What is the shortest way? Anybody have ready solution or should I
> fight with it?

Do the reverse:  Have an array keep your matrix components and use a macro
to turn it into a transform block when needed.

    Thorsten

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