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"Zeger Knaepen" <zeg### [at] povplacecom> wrote:
> > Hm... the notation "rotate <1,1,0>*45" does seem intuitive, but I guess
> > we'd
> > need four parameters. Otherwise you'd be surprised why the result would be
> > a
> > rotation by 63 degrees instead ;)
>
> the vector is just a direction, and, as in trace, the length shouldn't
> matter
But by how many degrees do you want to rotate?
If you go for analogy with y*45, the angle to rotate by would be encoded in the
vector's length.
The expression <1,1,0>*45, however, evaluates to a vector that is ~63 POV units
long...
So yes, size *does* matter :)
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