[vtkusers] vtkMath::Matrix3x3ToQuaternion

[David Gobbi]

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, [iso-8859-1] David Català wrote:

> Hi,
> I use this function with rotation matrix but when I multiply
> two rotation matrix and later I apply this function this
> warning appears.
>
> Anyway I have some doubts about results beacause I compare with MATLAB
> and they are diferent in signs. I dont know if order is important in
> this:

The difference in the order is because VTK uses wxyz order, while MATLAB
apparently uses xyzw order.

The difference in sign is puzzling.  It suggests that one of the two
implementations is using a left-handed coordinate system for rotations.

> VTK::: 0.9987 0.000232 0.01153 0.487
> MATLAB::: -0.00232 -0.0115 -0.487 0.9987
>
> or
>
> VTK::: -0.9987 0.000232 0.01153 0.487
> MATLAB::: 0.00232 0.0115 0.487 0.9987

I ask you again, PLEASE send an example matrix and the quaternion that
you get from it.

 - David


> thanks,
> David
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: David Gobbi [mailto:dgobbi at imaging.robarts.ca]
> Enviado el: jueves, 16 de diciembre de 2004 17:29
> Para: David Català
> CC: Mathieu Malaterre; vtkusers at vtk.org
> Asunto: RE: [vtkusers] vtkMath::Matrix3x3ToQuaternion
>
>
> Hi David, Mathieu,
>
> Matrix3x3ToQuaternion() works best with a rotation matrix,
> i.e. an orthogonal matrix, but it should be robust enough to
> handle other matrices.  Obviously it would still fail if
> it gets a zero matrix.
>
> Could you send some examples of matrices that it fails on?
>
>  - David
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, [iso-8859-1] David Català wrote:
>
> > Not always.
> >
> > Then when this message appears,
> > Quaternions that I get with this function are incorrect?
> >
> > thanks,
> > David
> > -----Mensaje original-----
> > De: vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org [mailto:vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org]En
> > nombre
> > de Mathieu Malaterre
> > Enviado el: jueves, 16 de diciembre de 2004 17:06
> > Para: David Català
> > CC: vtkusers at vtk.org
> > Asunto: Re: [vtkusers] vtkMath::Matrix3x3ToQuaternion
> >
> >
> > David,
> >
> > 	Are you passing in a symmetric matrix ?
> >
> > http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/vtkusers/2001-August/056976.html
> > [The Jacobi algorithm only works on a symmetric matrix.  If you are
> > using Jacobi to do a general eigen analysis, that could explain why
> > you
> > are seeing this message.]
> >
> > HTH
> > Mathieu
> >
> >
> > David Català wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > > I'm using
> > > 	 vtkMath::Matrix3x3ToQuaternion(matriuRotacions,quaternions);
> > >
> > > I have this warning message:
> > >        "vtkMath::Jacobi: Error extracting eigenfunctions");
> > > 	vtkMath.cxx line640
> > >
> > > If I look the code:
> > >   //// this is NEVER called
> > >
> > >   if ( i >= VTK_MAX_ROTATIONS )
> > >     {
> > >     vtkGenericWarningMacro(
> > >        "vtkMath::Jacobi: Error extracting eigenfunctions");
> > >     return 0;
> > >     }
> > > Why if never called ia have this message??
> > >
> > >
> > > David Català Monter
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