On-Line Computer Graphics Notes
CONVERSION OF COORDINATES BETWEEN FRAMES

Overview

Frames are used to represent coordinate systems in computer graphics. They define local coordinate systems for objects, for cameras, and form models of various types. A necessary operation in computer graphics is to convert the coordinates of a point in one frame, to coordinates of the point in a second frame. These conversions can be defined via matrices and the actual conversions carried out via matrix multiplication.

Bibliography

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DEROSE, T.
Coordinate-free geometric programming.
Technical Report 89-09-16, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1994.

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