No, 'inverse' is specifically for object surface distinctions. At least
this is my call on it. It will only act to change inside/outside.
Transformations (scale, rotate, translate, etc.) are independant of this
keyword.
To switch the transformation order you will no doubt need a set of
switches or some such thing to parse which ones you want ahead of the
other, as in:

 #declare Sw = 1 //set switch

 sphere {0,1
 #switch (Sw)
 #case (1)
  scale <1,1,1>
  rotate <10,10,10>
  translate <20,20,20>
 #break
 #case (2)
  rotate <10,10,10>
  scale <1,1,1>
  translate <20,20,20>
 #break
 #case (3)
  translate <20,20,20>
  scale <1,1,1>
  rotate <10,10,10>
 #break
 #end
 }



Hassoun wrote:
> 
> Hi
> can i use "inverse" to reverse the order (or the sequence) in which
> objects are modified (translated, rotated, scaled)? any info of how to
> do this operation?
> 
> thanks in advance
> Hassoun

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Inverse only applies to unions, differences, etc...

You want to apply a warp statement to the object.
from the docs...

However, by specifying our turbulence inside warp statement you tell
POV-Ray that the order in which turbulence, transformations and other
warps are applied is significant. Here's an example of a turbulence warp.

  warp { turbulence <0,1,1> octaves 3 lambda 1.5 omega 0.3 }

The significance is that this

 pigment {
   wood
   translate <1,2,3> rotate x*45 scale 2
   warp { turbulence <0,1,1> octaves 3 lambda 1.5 omega 0.3 }
 }

produces different results than this...

 pigment {
   wood
   warp { turbulence <0,1,1> octaves 3 lambda 1.5 omega 0.3 }
   translate <1,2,3> rotate x*45 scale 2
 }

You may specify turbulence without using a warp statement. However you
cannot control the order in which they are evaluated unless you put them
in a warp


Josh English
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Hassoun wrote:

> Hi
> can i use "inverse" to reverse the order (or the sequence) in which
> objects are modified (translated, rotated, scaled)? any info of how to
> do this operation?
>
> thanks in advance
> Hassoun

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On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 08:12:44 -0700, Josh English wrote:
>Inverse only applies to unions, differences, etc...

Not true.  It applies to all objects with insides.  It just doesn't
usually matter except in CSG (and in bounded_by and clipped_by) and
perhaps with media.

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