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Need equivalent of Transform.InverseTransformPoint() but without using transforms
I want to be able to do the equivalent of this:
var worldpos = Vector3(0,0,2);
var invtPoint = transform.InverseTransformPoint( worldpos );
But without using a transform - so instead:
var pos = transform.position;
var rot = transform.rotation;
var worldpos = Vector3(0,0,2);
var invtPoint = // ???
This previous answer kindly showed me a simple way to calculate the other way around (TransformPoint):
var tPoint = rotation * localpos + position;
... but now I want to convert from world to local, rather than local to world. Thanks in advance!
Best Answer
The transform from local to global is equivalent to: scale, rotate, translate in that order. To do the inverse transform you just process it backwards. This means -translate, rotate.inverse, 1/scale. so:
Vector3 t = transform.position;
Quaternion r = transform.rotation;
Vector3 s = transform.localScale;
Vector3 sInv = new Vector3(1 / s.x, 1 / s.y, 1 / s.z);
Vector3 q = Vector3.Scale(sInv, (Quaternion.Inverse(r) * (p - t)));
float err = (q - transform.InverseTransformPoint(p)).magnitude;
Debug.Log(err);
