Hi! I''m beginning 3D programming, and in order to better understand some of the algorithms that I read about, I''d like someone to refresh my memory about sin, cos and tan... My math classes are a little far behind me and I have forgotten what these do exactly. Can someone give me a clear explanation? Thanks!

Well, remember Triangles?
Sine, Cosine, and Tangent relate to Side lengths of a triangle given two other lengths.
Remember SohCahToa ? It stands for:
Sine = Opposite / Hypotenuse
Cosine = Adjacent / Hypotenuse
Tangent = Opposite / Adjacent

You then take 2 side lengths and solve for the angle measure by means of one of those functions, or one angle and one side and solve for the other.. Depending on the two lengths, you use a function. If you have the hypotenuse and its adjacent side(not the opposite from the angle) then you would use the Cosine function. cos = adjacent / hypotenuse. Plug in the two values you have and the third comes.
When you have to lengths you use inverse sin, cos, tan. This results in the angle measure.

Get it? All you wanted was to understand the relevance to them in 3D programs? I hope this was enough.

Thanks! That''s what I wanted to know. Just one more question. When looking at an angle in the triangle, two sides form that angle. How do I know which one to use for the "Adjacent" value in those formulas?

Thanks Palidine, I''ll take a look!