Re: pfChannel->setView and vectors

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Anita Kishore (kishore++at++triavest.com)
Wed, 21 May 1997 10:11:48 -0700

On May 21, 10:45am, Carsten Scharfe wrote:
> Subject: pfChannel->setView and vectors
> Hi Performers,
>
> i have some trouble with setting the view point and the
> view direction.
> I have a vector which is my view point and another vector
> for my viewing direction. Lets call this vector for the direction vd.
>
> Is there any method to set the viewing direction with this vector vd
> instead of using euler angles hpr?
>
> If yes, how do i have to do this?
>

If you also had an angle for you direction vector, perhaps you could use
quaternions (pfQuat man page) by considering the direction vector as an axis
of view.

-anita

kishore++at++triavest.com
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