Transform point using localToSceneTransform

[Martin Desruisseaux]

I didn't knew those usages, thanks for teaching me!

     Martin


Le 23/07/12 21:29, Pedro Duque Vieira a écrit :
> Uses of matrix transpose:
> - Goraud and Phong shading models use this.
> - Also one example I've found:
> An application of a transpose matrix is animated firing guns in a
> 1st-person view. The eye matrix maps world-to-eye coordinates. The tracer
> rounds from the gun are modeled starting from a local coordinate system.
> What is needed is a local matrix that maps local-to-world coordinates and
> it must be aligned with the eye matrix. The transpose of the eye matrix can
> be used as the local matrix. Although the transposed eye matrix apparently
> maps eye-to-world coordinates, it will work as the result of the
> transformation is in world coordinates (on the output side). Local
> coordinates are substituted for eye coordinates on the input side. A copy
> of the eye matrix used as the local matrix would not work because the two
> transformations from local-to-world and world-to-eye would nonsensically
> pass thru the eye matrix (which is meant for the latter transformation
> only).