clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:

>
> No, the effect of a single force it is just a single rotation, with an
> arbitrarily oriented axis.
>
> You may have to snap out of the Euler angles picture for this. Euler
> angles are good for describing "rotations" as in "transformations", but
> they're of no use for properly describing "rotations" as in "continuous
> motion".
>

Hmm.
You may be onto something there, after all. Before I become TOO stubborn and set
in my ways, I'll try... a single rotation axis. So, my *latest* POV-Ray
animation theory would then be:

1) Make an oddly-shaped object (not just a cube or cylinder). The Stanford
Bunny? A giant chicken?

2) PRE-apply a random/arbitrary rotation to the object-- just once, prior to the
animation-- to mix things up a bit

3) choose another arbitrary axis for the animation, and let it spin.

(I did neither 2) nor 3) for my posted animation.)

I'll give that a go, to see what happens.

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