Rotation

I have a model that needs to be rotated 90 degrees before it is put into the scene, but I don't quite know how to do that through NxOgre. From what I saw in another post, using sceneNode->yaw() will not work, rather I have to use addTorque and addForce.

Won't this put an acceleration on the object? I just need to rotate it and put it on the floor so it is oriented correctly. Is there an easy way to do this with addTorque and addForce or do I need to make my changes in the model editor.

Thanks!

create your body this way

scene->createBody(yourmeshname, yourshape, NxOgre::Pose( Vector(0,0,0), Quaternion( Radian( Degree( someDegree ) ), Vector3(0,1,0) ) ) )


This creates your body and rotates it "someDegree" around +Y axis, positiones it at 0,0,0.

If you want to set the bodies rotation after you create it, use


body->setGlobalOrientation( Quaternion(...) )

(hint : you can use the same Quaternion in the first example)

create your body this way

scene->createBody(yourmeshname, yourshape, NxOgre::Pose( Vector(0,0,0), Quaternion( Radian( Degree( someDegree ) ), Vector3(0,1,0) ) ) )


This creates your body and rotates it "someDegree" around +Y axis, positioned at 0,0,0.

If you want to set the bodies position after you create it, use


body->setGlobalOrientation( Quaternion(...) )

(hint : you can use the same Quaternion in the first example)

Excellent, thank you very much!

If the model is always facing the wrong direction, why rotate it using MeshMagick which makes the change more permanent?