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How Do Rotation Matrices Impact Coordinate Systems and Object Transformations?
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Can you be a bit more precise? What don't you understand exactly? And what, which cannot be found already here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotation_matrix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotation_matrix
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Hi, Now I understood. In the above picture, they have the vector fixed and rotated the axes. I couldn't understood it at first. Thank you for your answer :)fresh_42 said:Can you be a bit more precise? What don't you understand exactly? And what, which cannot be found already here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotation_matrix
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I think the post refers to two coordinate systems. Before- and After- rotation.
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Yes it is. Here they rotated the axes instead of vector.WWGD said:I think the post refers to two coordinate systems. Before- and After- rotation.
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Yeah, this is really a bit difficult to distinguish sometimes: changing the coordinates or changing the object and how does it affect the matrix? It's easy to get confused if one doesn't keep track of what is what and in which coordinate system. A tip is better to write some extra lines than to search for errors afterwards. I always tell students when it comes to calculations: write it down step by step, because writing is fast, thinking is slow.Leo Authersh said:Yes it is. Here they rotated the axes instead of vector.
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I believe thinking is fast. But if we write down each step we can save all the cognition for solving a specific step which otherwise would be wasted in memorizing the already solved steps. But that's just for me :)fresh_42 said:Yeah, this is really a bit difficult to distinguish sometimes: changing the coordinates or changing the object and how does it affect the matrix? It's easy to get confused if one doesn't keep track of what is what and in which coordinate system. A tip is better to write some extra lines than to search for errors afterwards. I always tell students when it comes to calculations: write it down step by step, because writing is fast, thinking is slow.
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