NAME

translate − translates graphical primitives

SPECIFICATION

C
translate(x, y, z)
Coord x, y, z;

FORTRAN
subroutine transl(x, y, z)
real x, y, z

Pascal
procedure translate(x, y, z: Coord);

DESCRIPTION

translate places the object space origin at a given world coordinate point.  translate is a modeling routine, which changes the current transformation matrix.  All objects drawn after translate executes are translated.  Use pushmatrix and popmatrix to limit the scope of the translation. 

SEE ALSO

popmatrix, pushmatrix, rotate, scale IRIS Graphics Programming, Section 4.1, Modeling Transformations

Version 2.5  —  April 22, 1987