[X3D-Public] JavaScript: Question to SFMatrix3f.set/getTransform

[doug sanden]

I think matrix3 is a 2D homogenous transform, much like matrix4 is a 3D homogenous transform. For 3D a rotation has 4 values: a 3D direction vector for the axis of rotation, and 4th value for the rotation angle about that axis.
For matrix3 (2D), there would be something analogous, but with one less dimension. Likely 2 values xy for a point of rotation, and a 3rd value for the angle of rotation about that point. scale orientation in 2D would need a point and rotation.
-Doug


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> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:34:28 +0200
> From: holger.seelig at yahoo.de
> To: x3d-public at web3d.org
> Subject: [X3D-Public] JavaScript: Question to SFMatrix3f.set/getTransform
>
> I cannot figure out what are the second and fourth argument of
> SFMatrix.getTransform are, the spec says:
>
> SFMatrix3f .setTransform setTransform (SFVec2f translation,
> SFVec3f rotation,
> SFVec2f scale,
> SFVec3f scaleOrientation,
> SFVec2f center)
>
> I can see that a SFVec3f should be used for the rotation arguments, but
> I don't know what the three values (x,y,z) stand for. To my
> understanding like the TexureTransform node a matrix3 rotation is only a
> simple float. I know that simple numbers cannot be passed by value to a
> JavaScript function.
>
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