rotate a D3DXVECTOR3 about another .?

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just wondering how one would go about rotating 1 D3DXVECTOR3 about another.. here is what i have tried and it has given me not what i expected.. D3DXMatrixRotationYawPitchRoll(&m_tempMatrix, xrot, yrot, zrot); D3DXVec3TransformCoord(&m_tempVector3, &m_position, &m_tempMatrix); m_target += m_tempVector3; .... basically i expected it to rotate the m_target about the m_position... im obviously wrong

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Do you mean rotating the target vector around another vector ?
If so use your another vector as the rotation axis and call the D3DXMatrixRotationAxis() method to create a rotation matrix wich rotates your target vector around that another vector.
The function is simple to use, you provide it with the following parameters :
D3DXMatrix* pOut - The resulting rotation matrix
D3DXVECTOR3* pVec - Rotation axis (the axis vector which is the vector you want to rotate your target vector around)
FLOAT angle - Rotation angle

Now you can use the D3DXVec3TransformCoord() method as you did before to rotate your target vector as needed providing the method with the rotation matrix created before.

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hmmm well thanks for that but it is still not working...

D3DXMatrixRotationAxis(&m_tempMatrix,&m_position ,x);
D3DXVec3TransformCoord(&m_target, &m_position, &m_tempMatrix);

thats what i have changed it to(amungst others)...

.. i am trying to rotate the target around the position...

i must still be doing something wrong..

should the x be the change in angle...
if x = 0, will it not rotate at all or will it rotate it to angle 0..

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The rotation is defined around an axis (not around a point). So, for rotating m_target around m_position, I understand that you desire to rotate m_target around an axis that passes by the origin and by m_position. Is it really it what you want? Perhaps you would like to rotate m_target around a vertical axis that passes by m_position.

In the first case, you could do:

D3DXMatrixRotationAxis(&m_tempMatrix,&m_position ,theta); // Transform m_target by m_tempMatrixD3DXVec3TransformCoord(&m_target, &m_target, &m_tempMatrix);

In the second case, you could do:

// I suppose the y-axis is your vertical axisD3DXMatrixRotationY(&m_tempMatrix,theta); // Transform m_target by m_tempMatrixD3DXVec3TransformCoord(&m_target, &m_target, &m_tempMatrix);

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If x = 0 then no rotation will take place.
The angle provided is the angle of rotation of the current object / vertex
which means if x = 90 the object / vertex will be rotated 90 degrees from its current rotation state.

Also note that the angle your provide needs to be in radians.
If you want to rotate in x degrees use the macro D3DXToRadian(x) to get the rotation angle in radians.

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well thanks for the replies .. but i finally got my original idea to work

HRESULT Camera::rotateAboutSelf(float x, float y, float z){	if(x == 0 && y == 0 && z == 0)		return S_OK;		m_xMoveDelta += x * m_xSens;	m_yMoveDelta += y * m_ySens;	m_zMoveDelta += z * m_zSens;		D3DXMatrixRotationYawPitchRoll(&m_tempMatrix, m_xMove, m_yMove, m_zMove);	D3DXVec3TransformCoord(&m_target, &m_position, &m_tempMatrix);	return S_OK;}

i also have another function called rotateAboutTarget() its all the same except
D3DXVec3TransformCoord(&m_target, &m_position, &m_tempMatrix);
becomes
D3DXVec3TransformCoord(&m_position, &m_target, &m_tempMatrix);

then of course you will have to update the view matrix...

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