Rotate a unit vector 90degrees

Math and Physics Programming

Started by smittix August 16, 2005 06:41 PM

3 comments, last by smittix 18 years, 8 months ago

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August 16, 2005 06:41 PM

I have been working at this for a while and I cannot seem to figure it out, although it seems to be so simple. Lets say I have any given unit vector, lets say (0, 0, -1), how would I find the unit vector 90degrees to the right of it? I thought that switching the Z and X coordiantes would work but it most definitely does not. -Chris

-Chris

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SiCrane

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August 16, 2005 06:46 PM

In three dimensions there are an infinite number of vectors at 90 degress to a unit vector. You'll need to supply more information on the orientation of the new vector.

smittix

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August 16, 2005 06:55 PM

Sorry about that, the vector is a 3D vector, but the Y value will always be 0, so it is actually a 2D problem. So I guess the question is how to rotate a 2D vector 90degrees to the right, given any arbitrary vector.