D3DXMatrixLookAtLH Function

Builds a left-handed, look-at matrix.

Syntax

D3DXMATRIX *D3DXMatrixLookAtLH(      

    D3DXMATRIX *pOut,
    CONST D3DXVECTOR3 *pEye,
    CONST D3DXVECTOR3 *pAt,
    CONST D3DXVECTOR3 *pUp
);

Parameters

pOut

[in, out] Pointer to the D3DXMATRIX structure that is the result of the operation.

pEye

[in] Pointer to the D3DXVECTOR3 structure that defines the eye point. This value is used in translation.

pAt

[in] Pointer to the D3DXVECTOR3 structure that defines the camera look-at target.

pUp

[in] Pointer to the D3DXVECTOR3 structure that defines the current world's up, usually [0, 1, 0].

Return Value

Pointer to a D3DXMATRIX structure that is a left-handed, look-at matrix.

Remarks

The return value for this function is the same value returned in the pOut parameter. In this way, the D3DXMatrixLookAtLH function can be used as a parameter for another function.

This function uses the following formula to compute the returned matrix.

zaxis = normal(At - Eye)
xaxis = normal(cross(Up, zaxis))
yaxis = cross(zaxis, xaxis)

 xaxis.x           yaxis.x           zaxis.x          0
 xaxis.y           yaxis.y           zaxis.y          0
 xaxis.z           yaxis.z           zaxis.z          0
-dot(xaxis, eye)  -dot(yaxis, eye)  -dot(zaxis, eye)  1

Function Information

Header	d3dx9math.h
Import library	d3dx9.lib
Minimum operating systems	Windows 98

See Also

D3DXMatrixLookAtRH