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I have a plane defined by 3 points. I want to rotate that plane so that it will be possible to change the orientation of the plane in any dimensions. For example, what I want to do is converting this:

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To this:

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How can I do it?

Thanks

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What was the first "this" supposed to be? In any event: it should be easy if you have the Hessian normal form. – J. M. Aug 2 '12 at 13:50
Which is supposed to be the rotation axis? – enzotib Aug 2 '12 at 13:55
Just rotate the points; the plane will follow. – tomasz Aug 2 '12 at 14:02
@tomasz how can I do so? – user13791 Aug 2 '12 at 14:29
@enzotib I did not determine such an axis yet. I need a formulation, the rest I can do. – user13791 Aug 2 '12 at 14:30
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OK, I finally found an answer. The method I should have used is Rodrigues' Rotation Formula

Now I have another problem with it though. :)

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