MATLAB Function Reference Volume 1: A - E - Bad Request

camorbit
2camorbit
Purpose Rotate the camera position around the camera target
Syntax camorbit(dtheta,dphi)
camorbit(dtheta,dphi,'coordsys')
camorbit(dtheta,dphi,'coordsys','direction')
camorbit(axes_handle,...)
Description camorbit(dtheta,dphi) rotates the camera position around the camera target
by the amounts specified in dtheta and dphi (both in degrees). dtheta is the
horizontal rotation and dphi is the vertical rotation.
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camorbit(dtheta,dphi,'coordsys') The coordsys argument determines the
center of rotation. It can take on two values:
• data (default) – rotate the camera around an axis defined by the camera
target and the direction (default is the positive z direction).
• camera – rotate the camera about the point defined by the camera target.
camorbit(dtheta,dphi,'coordsys','direction') The direction
argument, in conjunction with the camera target, defines the axis of rotation
for the data coordinate system. Specify direction as a three-element vector
containing the x, y, and z-components of the direction or one of the characters,
x, y, or z, to indicate [1 0 0], [0 1 0], or [0 0 1] respectively.
camorbit(axes_handle,...) operates on the axes identified by the first
argument, axes_handle. When you do not specify an axes handle, camorbit
operates on the current axes.
Examples Compare rotation in the two coordinate systems with these for loops. The first
rotates the camera horizontally about a line defined by the camera target point
and a direction that is parallel to the y-axis. Visualize this rotation as a cone
formed with the camera target at the apex and the camera position forming the
base:
surf(peaks)
axis vis3d
for i=1:36
camorbit(10,0,'data',[0 1 0])
drawnow