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--></style></head><body><div data-externalstyle="false" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,'Segoe UI',Meiryo,'Microsoft YaHei UI','Microsoft JhengHei UI','Malgun Gothic','Khmer UI','Nirmala UI',Tunga,'Lao UI',Ebrima,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&gt; Here's my question.&nbsp; If I call vtkActor-&gt;SetUserMatrix to some matrix - <br>&gt; I see that the actor moves far away from the origin (because I know my <br>&gt; axes haven't moved), yet, when I execute the following code, it tells me <br>&gt; the actor is still at the origin... I don't understand, I'm obviously <br>&gt; missing something.<br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Have you tried calling GetBounds or GetCenter instead?<br>&nbsp;<br>The documentation of these methods [ in the parent class: http://<a title="http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkProp3D.html" href="http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkProp3D.html" target="_parent">www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkProp3D.html</a> ] says they should be returned in “world coordinates.”<br><br>The actor’s position is within its own coordinate system...<br></div><div>&nbsp;<br>HTH,<br>David C.</div><div><br>&nbsp;</div></div></body></html>