[vtkusers] Rotating a Polydata around an arbitrary axis not centered on the origin

[Bill Lorensen]

This will do the rotate part:
http://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/PolyData/RotationAroundLine

To do it about a point, first translate to the point, rotatewxyz and then
translate back.



On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Gideon Valch <gvalch1237 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hello,
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> I need to rotate a polydata around an arbitrary axis (not X, Y or Z) not
> centered on the origin.  Is there a preferred way of doing this in VTK? I
> believe the URL below describes the transformations. But I suspect there is
> an easier way of doing this in VTK.  Any help would be appreciated.
>
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> http://inside.mines.edu/~gmurray/ArbitraryAxisRotation/
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> thanks,
> GV
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