[ODE] Set and get rotation (in euler)

Bram Stolk bram at sara.nl
Mon Mar 20 09:43:39 MST 2006


Gussimulator wrote:
> Hi Ive read lots about euler conversions from  matrix and all this
> however i cant seem to get it right on the pitch (when getting the
> rotation) and the SET part is entirely wrong.  Should I get the
> quaternions instead and convert them to euler? (wouldnt that be faster
> too?) and for setting, the opposite process.
>  
> Whats faster? Whats better?

Euler Angles are Evil.
Read about it, at Steve Baker's site:
http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/omniv/eulers_are_evil.html

   bram

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