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Hardcore Programming for Mechanical Engineers
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Hardcore Programming for Mechanical Engineers

by Angel Sola Orbaiceta
June 2021
Beginner to intermediate
600 pages
13h 50m
English
No Starch Press
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7AFFINE TRANSFORMATIONS

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If I had to choose my favorite topic from this book, it would be affine transformations. There’s something oddly beautiful about affine transformations, as you’ll see for yourself in Chapter 12 when we animate them.

Affine transformations are crucial to 2D graphic applications; they determine how to pan, zoom, and rotate what you see on the screen. If you’ve used AutoCAD, you’re pretty much used to zooming in to a portion of the drawing, which is done with an affine transformation. Whenever you scale and rotate your pics in Instagram, an affine transformation does the trick. Mastering this topic is essential for writing ...

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