BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL

ShearingTransform

gives a TransformationFunction that represents a shear by

radians along the direction of the vector v, normal to the vector n, and keeping the origin fixed.

ShearingTransform

gives a shear that keeps the point p fixed, rather than the origin.

MORE INFORMATION

ShearingTransform gives a TransformationFunction which can be applied to vectors.

ShearingTransform works in any number of dimensions, and always gives area- or volume-preserving transformations.

In 2D, ShearingTransform turns rectangles into parallelograms. ShearingTransform effectively represents slanting by angle to the right.

In 3D, ShearingTransform does the analog of shearing a deck of cards by angle in the direction v, with the cards oriented so as to have normal vector n, and the card that goes through the point p kept fixed.

EXAMPLES

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Basic Examples (3)

Shearing by

radians along the

axis:

Apply a 30° shearing along the

axis to the unit rectangle:

Apply a shearing transform in the

plane:

Shearing by

radians along the

axis:

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Apply a 30° shearing along the

axis to the unit rectangle:

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Apply a shearing transform in the

plane:

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Scope (5)

Simple shearing along the

axis:

Simple shearing along the

axis in the

plane:

Shearing along the

axis in the plane

:

Points in the shearing plane are not changed:

Points outside the shearing plane are moved in the shearing direction:

Transformation applied to a 2D shape:

Transformation applied to a 3D shape:

Applications (2)

Transforming the output of Plot:

Construct a slanted font from an upright font by shearing:

Properties & Relations (3)

The inverse of ShearingTransform

is given by ShearingTransform

:

The inverse of ShearingTransform

is given by ShearingTransform

:

Performing the shearing transform multiple times corresponds to a single shearing transform:

Possible Issues (3)

The order in which shearings are applied is significant:

Applying the two shearings in different orders is not equivalent:

The transformation is not defined for angles

such that

:

For non-orthogonal vectors, the direction is determined by the projection of the direction vector:

Neat Examples (1)

Shear a 3D object about a point p:

In the

plane:

In the

plane:

In the

plane: