Orientation in m3g

[ladty]

Hello again,
I'd like to ask you, do you have some function to convert rotation (like it is in 3ds max) to orientation (like it is in m3g) and back? It's really confusing to have 4 parameters in setOrientation instead of 3 (rotX, rotY, rotZ) like in "normal 3D programs". I hope you understand me. Thanks.
L.

[DevelopmentTeam]

Hi Ladty,
Setorientation is bit confusing yes. But once you get use of it, it is really helpful.

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//Rotate an object 45 degrees along X axis
object.setOrientation(45.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);

//Rotate an object 45 degrees along Y axis
object.setOrientation(45.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);

//Rotate an object 45 degrees along Z axis
object.setOrientation(45.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);

//Rotate an object 45 degrees along X, Y and Z axes
object.setOrientation(45.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);

[ladty]

Thanks for reply, but what should I do, when I want to rotate somethink for example 30° around X, 67° around Y and 27° around Z axis? (or other angles, do you have any function to convert this to "setOrientation"?)
L.

[DevelopmentTeam]

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//Rotate an object 30 degrees along X axis
object.setOrientation(30.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);

//Rotate an object 67 degrees along Y axis
object.setOrientation(67.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);

//Rotate an object 27 degrees along Z axis
object.setOrientation(27.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);


You can use these 3 lines to rotate as you asked. This cannot be done in a single function, but you have to do it in 3 lines like this.

[ladty]

Too bad
Btw I think you ment

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object.setOrientation(30.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
object.preRotate(67.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
object.preRotate(27.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);

or somethink like that (setOrientation "sets" the orientation, so in your case it would probably have just 27° rotation around Z axis (so rotation would be [0,0,27] instead of [30,67,27]))
But thanks for your help

[DevelopmentTeam]

Ah, sorry. Yes it is prerotate and in runtime we are using post rotate for some reason. I dont remember why we chose post rotate. Anyway sorry for the confusion. ;|