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Chapter 20 - QuickDraw 3D Mathematical Utilities / QuickDraw 3D Mathematical Utilities Reference

QuickDraw 3D Mathematical Utilities / Setting Up Transformation Matrices

Q3Matrix4x4_SetQuaternion

You can use the Q3Matrix4x4_SetQuaternion function to configure a 4-by-4 quaternion transformation matrix.

TQ3Matrix4x4 *Q3Matrix4x4_SetQuaternion (
TQ3Matrix4x4 *matrix, 
const TQ3Quaternion *quaternion);

matrix

A 4-by-4 matrix.

quaternion

A quaternion.

DESCRIPTION

The Q3Matrix4x4_SetQuaternion function returns, as its function result and in the matrix parameter, a 4-by-4 matrix that represents the quaternion specified by the quaternion parameter.