SL Cert - Basic LSL Rotations

This is an initial take on a set of guidelines for scripting position and rotations. It still needs a lot of work and a good deal of thought.

• Basic Requirements.
  • Basic definition of position
    • Absolute position
    • Relative position

• • Basic definition of a rotation
    • Euler
    • Axis and angle
    • Quarternions

• • Changing position and rotation via the edit window

• Intermediate Requirements

• • Reference Frames
    • Global
    • Local

• • Basic commands to get position information
    • llGetPos
    • llGetLocalPos
    • llGetRootPosition

• • Basic commands to get rotation information
    • llGetRot
    • llGetLocalRot
    • llGetRootRotation

• • Basic commands for changing position
    • llSetPos
    • llSetPrimitiveParams
    • llSetPos within different reference frames.

• • Basic commands for changing rotation
    • llSetRot
    • llSetLocalRot
    • llSetPrimitiveParams
    • How the commands work in different reference frames.
    • Rotations
      • Multiplication and division of rotations
      • Difference between left and right multiplication

• Advanced Requirements
  • Rotations and position
    • using llSetPrimitiveParams to move and rotate at the same time
    • Rotating and moving a prim to a specified orientation
      • Absolute coordinates
      • Relative coordinates (in a link set)
    • Smooth movements in absolute coordinates
      • Rotate and movement around the edge of a prim
      • Rotate and move around a fixed point
      • Rotate and move around a predefined axis
    • Smooth movements in local coordinates
      • Rotate and movement around the edge of a prim
      • Rotate and move around a fixed point
      • Rotate and move around a predefined axis
    • Transitions
      • Smooth movements between two different orientations