<div dir="ltr"><div>This will do the rotate part:<br><a href="http://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/PolyData/RotationAroundLine">http://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/PolyData/RotationAroundLine</a><br><br></div>To do it about a point, first translate to the point, rotatewxyz and then translate back.<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Gideon Valch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gvalch1237@gmail.com" target="_blank">gvalch1237@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://inside.mines.edu/~gmurray/ArbitraryAxisRotation/" target="_blank">http://inside.mines.edu/~gmurray/ArbitraryAxisRotation/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>thanks,</div>
<div>GV</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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