I have an object that I want to rotate around a parent object. So it would be something like this (see picture).
http://prntscr.com/5pz2kd
So I'll need to rotate the parent in order for the object to rotate around it. If i set the initial rotation to be 'InitRot' and I set the new rotation to be 'InitRot + 30', the object will rotate clockwise with 30 degrees. Now if I want the object to rotate 30 degress to the left, I would do 'InitRot + 330' thinking that it will rotate counterclockwise, but it will not, it still rotates clockwise.
Now the question is, can I change this by saying: 'InitRot = InitRot + 360', so that the object will be in the same position, but will have a different value. So that then when I set the new rotation to 'InitRot - 30', the object will rotate counterclockwise.
Or could I just do
1) new rotation = Initrot + 30 for clockwise rotations
2) new rotation = Initrot - 30 for counterclockwise rotations
Tyvm!!
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