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  Re: A different simple question
 
(...) I'll try to explain it, but it's kind of a difficult concept to explain without pictures. Note that my explanation isn't based on POV, it's based on 3D computer graphics in general. In the real world, when you rotate something, you rotate it (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: A different simple question
 
(...) I am most definitely leaving myself out of that category. Especially after I see the stupid questions I'm going to have to ask here. (...) I thought that was what I was supposed to do...? (...) Right. I thought that's what rotating through the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: A different simple question
 
(...) You are rotating the camera around the y-axis! You would like to rotate it around the vertical axis through the bowl's center. Translate the model center to origo, rotate, and translate back again: translate -<400,-54,400> rotate (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: A different simple question
 
(...) Hello Mike Glad to see someone starting into animation. Here are some changes I made to your file. first translate the bowl: translate<-400,0,-400> this will put it at 0,0,0. Second I simplified your Camera definition. Much easier to use. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: A different simple question
 
Hi I think that this is caused by the fact that the original MLCAD model is not centered in the virtual space. If you move it so that it's center is at 0,0,0, the camera will rotate around it. /Not 100% sure but I did replicate the above using a (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)


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