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Hi Michael,
These are both left-handed coordinate systems.
Daniel Crowe
Loudoun Academy of Science
dan.crowe@loudoun.k12.va.us
For a standard right-hand system I generally say the x-axis runs left toedmiston@bluffton.edu 08/08/07 2:39 PM >>>
right (right positive), the y-axis runs backward to forward (forward
positive), and the z-axis runs bottom to top (top positive).
In textbooks we often see x to the right, y pointing up, and z pointing
backwards.
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