From K-3D
Description
| Orients a transformation matrix to look at another
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Metadata
Properties
| Label
| Description
| Type
| Script Name
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| Input matrix
| Input matrix
| k3d::matrix4
| input_matrix
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| Target matrix
| Target matrix
| k3d::matrix4
| target_matrix
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| Output matrix
| Read only
| k3d::matrix4
| output_matrix
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Notes
LookAt generates a trivial transformation matrix that will orient one node to "look at" another. Specifically, LookAt takes the vector connecting the origins of its two input matrices (the "look" vector), and converts it into a rotation. Note that this process does not preserve any notion of a natural "up" or "down", so an object controlled by LookAt may be rotated around the look vector in nonintuitive ways.
See Also
ViewMatrix, which has explicit control over the "up" vector.
