Pivot-based Vertex Rotation in GLSL Using UV Threshold

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Hi.

I am attempting to rotate vertices in my GLSL shader that have a vUv.y value less than or equal to 1/3. The rotation, however, appears to be applied from the center instead of around the desired pivot point. I tried translating the vertices to a pivot at x = 1/3, rotating them by 90° around the X-axis, and then translating them back, but the result is not as expected.

Below is the shader code I'm using:

GLSL
void main() {
vUv = uv;

    vec3 newPosition = position;

    // Define the oneThird pivot threshold
    float oneThird = 1.0 / 3.0;

    // Define the rotation angle
    float bendAngle = radians(90.0); // Rotate by 90 degrees

    // Pivot point is at the Y-coordinate of oneThird
    vec3 pivot = vec3(oneThird, 0.0, 0.0);

    // Rotate vertices below the oneThird threshold
    if (vUv.y <= oneThird) {
        // Translate vertices to the pivot point
        newPosition.x -= pivot.x;

        // Rotate around the X-axis
        newPosition = rotate(newPosition, vec3(1.0, 0.0, 0.0), bendAngle);

        // Translate vertices back from the pivot point
        newPosition.x += pivot.y;
    }

    // Final position
    gl_Position = projectionMatrix * viewMatrix * modelMatrix * vec4(newPosition, 1.0);
}

Any help to achieve the correct rotation result would be appreciated.

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 9 days ago

GLSL Shader Rotation Issue

I see the issue in your shader code. There are a few problems that are preventing the correct rotation around the pivot point:

Your pivot point is defined as vec3(oneThird, 0.0, 0.0) but you're trying to rotate around the X-axis
There's a mismatch in your translation back - you're using pivot.y instead of pivot.x
The rotation is happening around the X-axis, but your pivot point is defined along the X-axis

Here's the corrected version:

GLSL
void main() {
    vUv = uv;

    vec3 newPosition = position;

    // Define the oneThird pivot threshold
    float oneThird = 1.0 / 3.0;

    // Define the rotation angle
    float bendAngle = radians(90.0); // Rotate by 90 degrees

    // Pivot point should be at y = oneThird for rotation around X-axis
    vec3 pivot = vec3(0.0, oneThird, 0.0);

    // Rotate vertices below the oneThird threshold
    if (vUv.y <= oneThird) {
        // Translate vertices to the pivot point
        newPosition.y -= pivot.y;

        // Rotate around the X-axis
        newPosition = rotate(newPosition, vec3(1.0, 0.0, 0.0), bendAngle);

        // Translate vertices back from the pivot point
        newPosition.y += pivot.y;
    }

    // Final position
    gl_Position = projectionMatrix * viewMatrix * modelMatrix * vec4(newPosition, 1.0);
}

Key changes:

Changed the pivot point to vec3(0.0, oneThird, 0.0) since you're rotating around the X-axis
Modified the translation to use the Y component instead of X
Fixed the translation back to use pivot.y consistently

This should properly rotate the vertices around the X-axis at the y=1/3 pivot point. Make sure your rotate() function is correctly implemented to handle rotation around an arbitrary axis.

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