[Papervision3D] Solve for angle? -0.999 = Math.cos(angle)

[UKLA]

Ya ... got it. My brain was getting clustered with all of the numbers and I
lost focus.

var angle = Math.acos(cameraX);
rotationY = (angle * Math.PI/180);



Tom Richardson wrote:
> 
> Dude, convert from degrees to radians.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 11:48 AM, UKLA <craig at blueion.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> That gives me degrees ... I need radian equivalent
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Richardson wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.html?action=entryByConcept&id=1294
>> >
>> > On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 9:29 AM, UKLA <craig at blueion.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> This is pv3d related. Trying to solve for angle but can't figure out
>> how.
>> >> Needs to be in radians.
>> >>
>> >> camera.x = Math.cos(angle)
>> >>
>> >> I always know camera.x but I need to solve for the angle in order to
>> do
>> >> some
>> >> other calculations.
>> >>
>> >> In the case of  -0.999 = Math.cos(angle) ... angle is equal to 3.14. I
>> >> got
>> >> 3.14 by entering numbers on my caluclator and taking the cosine.
>> >> Eventually
>> >> 3.14 gave me -0.999. Of course, this isn't the way to do it.
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas?
>> >>
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