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how-to-get-the-rotatexyz-degree-info-from-a-linesegment-in-3d

How can i use an line(segment) as a path to move a model alone this path in 3D? Is there somewhere an example or something simulare to look at? Because i do not get it working.

I hope somebody can help me because i become crasy of this problem.

Sorry, maybe i was not clear
How can i use an line(segment) as a path to move a model alone this path in 3D? Is there somewhere an example or something simulare to look at? Because i do not get it working.

The line(segment) as a path moves also.
I hope somebody can help me because i become crasy of this problem.

But in that artikel they say that 'Fortunately you'll often only need the cosine of the angle between 2 vectors and not the angle itself, so the expensive step of calculating the inverse cosine can be skipped.' - see below -

So how do i calculate the inverse cosine? I have checked on that same website and on internet but ... ? My ? still lightning.

The only way i have find on the internet is how to measure the angles in a triangle. 

> sin-1(lenght of one side/lenght of second side) = angle in degree

But i have to do this for 15 lines in a 3d environment constantly because this lines are also moving so the x,y,z angles are also constantly changing.

Is there not a way to get this x,y,z degrees from a line in 3d out of the jit.gl.sketch object directly?

The dot product between two vectors and is calculated like so:

If A and B are unit vectors then the dot product is the cosine of the angle between them, so the angle itself can be calculated by taking the inverse cosine of the dot product:

Fortunately you'll often only need the cosine of the angle between 2 vectors and not the angle itself, so the expensive step of calculating the inverse cosine can be skipped.

Ok, thanks!
But in that artikel they say that 'Fortunately you'll often only need the cosine of the angle between 2 vectors and not the angle itself, so the expensive step of calculating the inverse cosine can be skipped.' - see below - 

So how do i calculate the inverse cosine? I have checked on that same website and on internet but ... ? My ? still lightning.
The only way i have find on the internet is how to measure the angles in a triangle. 
> sin-1(lenght of one side/lenght of second side) = angle in degree

The dot product between two vectors  and  is calculated like so:

Fortunately you'll often only need the cosine of the angle between 2 vectors and not the angle itself, so the expensive step of calculating the inverse cosine can be skipped.
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> So how do i calculate the inverse cosine? I have checked on that 

> same website and on internet but ... ? My ? still lightning.

> The only way i have find on the internet is how to measure the 

Keep in mind with your line in 3D space there are several triangles 

you can use if you consider the axis lines as part of the triangles.

> Is there not a way to get this x,y,z degrees from a line in 3d out 

Sorry, but there is not. You typically need to study geometry (and 

linear algebra) if you wish to program 3D graphics.

> So how do i calculate the inverse cosine? I have checked on that  
> same website and on internet but ... ? My ? still lightning.
> The only way i have find on the internet is how to measure the  
> angles in a triangle.

Keep in mind with your line in 3D space there are several triangles  
you can use if you consider the axis lines as part of the triangles.

> Is there not a way to get this x,y,z degrees from a line in 3d out  
> of the jit.gl.sketch object directly?

Sorry, but there is not. You typically need to study geometry (and  
linear algebra) if you wish to program 3D graphics.

> Keep in mind with your line in 3D space there are several triangles you can use if you consider the axis lines as part of the triangles.

Yes, i know but maybe there was a faster simply way to do this.

> Sorry, but there is not. You typically need to study geometry (and

Ok, i will refresh my geometry part of my brain. :)

> Sorry, but there is not. You typically need to study geometry (and
linear algebra) if you wish to program 3D graphics.

how to get the rotatexyz degree info from a line(segment) in 3d