Re: Rotating a list of 3D point coordinates in one shot
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- Subject: [mg100022] Re: Rotating a list of 3D point coordinates in one shot
- From: Albert Retey <awnl at gmx-topmail.de>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 01:43:00 -0400 (EDT)
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Bill wrote: > Hi: > > I have a list of 3D coordinates: > > list={{1., 0., 0.}, {0.987688, 0.156434, 0.}, > {0.951057, 0.309017, 0.}, {0.891007, 0.45399, 0.}, {0.809017, 0.587785,= 0.}, {0.707107, 0.707107, 0.}, > {0.587785,0.809017, 0.}, {0.45399, 0.891007, 0.}, {0.309017, 0.951057, = 0.}, {0.156434, 0.987688, 0.}, > {0., 1., 0.}, {-0.156434, 0.987688, 0.}, > {-0.309017, 0.951057, 0.}, {-0.45399, 0.891007, 0.}, > {-0.587785, 0.809017, 0.}, {-0.707107, 0.707107, 0.}, > {-0.809017, 0.587785, 0.}, {-0.891007, 0.45399, 0.}, > {-0.951057, 0.309017, 0.}, {-0.987688, 0.156434, 0.}, > {-1., 0., 0.}}. > > I'd like to rotate all the coordinates in the list in one shot, using s= omething like this: > > Rotate[list, 180 Degree, {-1, -2, -1}]}} (*Axis angle rotation.*) > > I haven't gotten this to work though. I can rotate a single point at a = time using a similiar method, but > that is very time consuming. > > Question: Is there a way to rotate a list of numerous 3D coordinates s= uch as in my example above, and if so, how do I code that using Mathemati= ca 6.0.1? > Rotate is for graphics primitives, not for just coordinates, so any of the following will work: Graphics3D[Rotate[Line[list], 180 =B0, {-1, -2, -1}]] Graphics3D[Rotate[Point[list], 180 =B0, {-1, -2, -1}]] If you inspect the output with FullForm you will notice that the rotation is not resolved by the Kernel, but obviously only the rendering system will be doing the final rotate. I think this might be much more efficient. If you have things that consist of more than just one graphics primitive, you can rotate them all together by grouping them with a list, e.g.: lineandpoints = {Red, Point[list], Opacity[0.5], Black, Line[list]}; Graphics3D[Rotate[lineandpoints,180 Degree, {-1, -2, -1}]] hth, albert