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Thats great thanks! Now I know what I'm searching for things should be much easier. You also mentioned plane curve which led me to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_curve I understand as a function, you put x in and it gives you y but I don't fully understand what the other 2 mean ie...

I keep reading through what you have put and I think it's starting to click. How did you come up with the cos, sin etc. matrix? Is there a name for the this type of mathematics I could use to search for material to learn from?

You make it seem so easy it's genius! I'm not entirely sure how you managed to derive the formula but that is the type of thing I want to be able to work out. When it comes to crossing geometry eg. a line crossing the curve. Is it generally the same idea as for the crossing straight lines?

I'm starting to get the feeling I'm out of my depth and have a lot to learn before I get anywhere. Although I can roughly follow what you are trying to do, most of it makes little sense to me. I keep looking through geometry books and websits but there is just so much information I just don't...

Thanks for the reply. I get the geist that for 2 lines it is just a matter of solving the 2 equations but my main problem is (and from my experience the same problem most people have) when I was taugh these things we were taught in such a set way that I didn't fully understand it and don't...

Hello, Just as a warning before anyone reads my question I am not a mathematician, just an engineer with moderate math skills he wants to expand. So I'm writing some engineering software which involves defining/interation/modification of geometry within a cartesian system but I currently...