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Re: Rotate, pitch, yaw, or roll?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 2 Jul 2001 18:53:17 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Erik Olson writes:
> What verbs are better for describing rotation about the standard axes?
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> Rotate is usually understood as spinning about the vertical axis.
> There are aeronautical terms for the other two, pitch and yaw, and I can't
> remember which is which, so I'm using pitch and roll, even though for a
> brick there are no clear front back or sides.
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> I just had to pick some names for menu commands. For the verbally challenged
> there will be mouse tools for the job anyway...
Couldn't you just specify "rotate X axis" "rotate Y axis" rotate Z axis"?
Something a'la most 3D apps, with an XYZ key visible in the model window
would help with this (could be toggled on/off).
Matt
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