source: trunk/src/rotate_vector.m @ 1160

%calculate the components of the unit vector norm_plane normal to the plane
%defined by the rotation vector PlaneAngle (in degree) 
% this gives the equation of the plane as norm_plane(1)x + norm_plane(2)y + norm_plane(2)z = 0

function [X,Y,Z]=rotate_vector(PlaneAngle,x,y,z)
M=rodrigues(PlaneAngle);

X=M(1,1)*x+M(1,2)*y+M(1,3)*z;
Y=M(2,1)*x+M(2,2)*y+M(2,3)*z;
Z=M(3,1)*x+M(3,2)*y+M(3,3)*z;


% 
% om=norm(PlaneAngle);%norm of rotation angle in degrees
% OmAxis=PlaneAngle/om; %unit vector marking the rotation axis
% cos_om=cos(pi*om/180);
% sin_om=sin(pi*om/180);
% coeff=OmAxis(3)*(1-cos_om);
% norm_plane(1)=OmAxis(1)*coeff+OmAxis(2)*sin_om;
% norm_plane(2)=OmAxis(2)*coeff-OmAxis(1)*sin_om;
% norm_plane(3)=OmAxis(3)*coeff+cos_om;