Vector Rotation?? GAH!!
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Ok math geeks, i need some help! I need to know how to rotate a vector around a given point
given: a point to rotate about and an angle (radians or degrees, it doesnt matter to me)
-> create a second vector to represent the rotation
This is what ive gotten so far.
(note: I SUCK AT MATH)
D3DXVECTOR3 RotateVector(D3DXVECTOR3 v, D3DXVECTOR3 point, float angle)
{
D3DXVECTOR3 ret;
ret.x = distance(point, v)*(cos(angle)*(-1/cos(angle)));
ret.y = distance(point, v)*(sin(angle)*(-1/sin(angle)));
ret.z = distance(point, v)* ??????;
return ret;
}
Thanks for the help!
Am i asking the impossible? OR am i just way off :-(?
Rob
* You did not provide enough information to determine a 3D axis of rotation. You cannot "rotate about a point" unless you are working in a plane. In 3D, you rotate about an axis, defined by a point and a vector.
* Mathematically, vectors (unlike points) are invariant by translation, therefore all vector rotations are centered at (0,0,0).
* cos(angle)*(-1/cos(angle)) is always equal to 1. Idem with sin().
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* Mathematically, vectors (unlike points) are invariant by translation, therefore all vector rotations are centered at (0,0,0).
* cos(angle)*(-1/cos(angle)) is always equal to 1. Idem with sin().
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this is an easy way to do rotation
D3DXMatrixRotationX(... , ...);
D3DXMatrixRotationY(... , ...);
D3DXMatrixRotationZ(... , ...);
will make your life easier :-D
D3DXMatrixRotationX(... , ...);
D3DXMatrixRotationY(... , ...);
D3DXMatrixRotationZ(... , ...);
will make your life easier :-D
he wants to take a point in space, and rotate another point around it. so if you called his function like this:
Rotate(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 45, 45, 45)
it would rotate 1, 1,1 around 0, 0, 0, by 45 degrees in each axis. but i''m not sure how to do it.
Rotate(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 45, 45, 45)
it would rotate 1, 1,1 around 0, 0, 0, by 45 degrees in each axis. but i''m not sure how to do it.
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