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That is, with the thumb of the right hand pointing in the direction |
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of the axis, rotation follows the curl of the fingers. |
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The transform command itself is also cumulative, and a transform |
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command with no arguments is used to return to the previous |
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condition. It is necessary that transforms and their end statements |
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("xf" by itself) be balanced in a file, so that later or enclosing |
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files are not affected. |
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The transform command itself is also cumulative, but in the reverse |
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order. That is, later transformations (i.e. enclosed transformations) |
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are prepended to existing (i.e. enclosing) ones. A transform command |
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with no arguments is used to return to the previous condition. It is |
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necessary that transforms and their end statements ("xf" by itself) be |
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balanced in a file, so that later or enclosing files are not affected. |
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Transformations apply only to geometric types, e.g. polygons, spheres, etc. |
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Vertices and the components that go into geometry are not directly affected. |