Rotate (RWX Command)

Usage

    Rotate x y z r

Description

This command rotates the current transformation matrix by the given angle around the given vector. Some useful rotation vectors are:

1 0 0 - rotates around the X axis 0 1 0 - rotates around the Y axis 0 0 1 - rotates around the Z axis

Arguments

x y z specifies the vector to rotate around and can be values of 0 or 1.

r is the angle to rotate (in degrees)

Examples

The syntax is different from the one used in building with objects.

Rotate 0 1 0 90 # Means that the rotation is 90 degrees around the Y axis.

One of the uses would be taking a model and rotating it differently from its original position.

Example 1

modelbegin
 protobegin model1
  # model code in here
 protoend
 clumpbegin
  rotate 0 1 0 90
  protoinstance model1
 clumpend
modelend

Example 2

Here the model is first rotate 90 degrees in the Y axis and then another copy is moved 1m along the x axis and rotated another 90 degrees.

modelbegin
 protobegin model1
  # model code in here
 protoend
 clumpbegin
  rotate 0 1 0 90
  protoinstance model1
  translate 1 0 0
  rotate 0 1 0 90
  protoinstance model1
 clumpend
modelend