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Re: Rotate, pitch, yaw, or roll?
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Thu, 10 Aug 2000 08:38:59 GMT
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Erik, you can test LeoCAD and see how it perform that. I like its way of
rotating quite much and find it convenient.
Selçuk
Erik Olson wrote:
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> 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...
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