Newbie question: Rotate and translate?

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Hey,



Let's say that I want to rotate my spatial object (like a box) using a standard Matrix3f.  Then, I want to translate my  box in its new relative x-axis (not the actual x-axis).  So, for instance, if I start at the origin (local or global), and I wanted to rotate about the Z-axis by 90 degrees followed by a 10 unit local translation, I would expect the box to be floating on its side 10 units above the origin (not to the left).



How would I go about doing this?  I have the following:



      Text3D bob3 = font.createText("blih", 1f, 0);
      bob3.setRenderQueueMode(Renderer.QUEUE_INHERIT);
      Matrix3f rotMatrix = new Matrix3f(0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1);
      bob3.setLocalRotation(rotMatrix);
      bob3.setLocalTranslation(new Vector3f(10f+bob.getWidth(), 0f, 0f));
      point.attachChild(bob3);



and the result?  My box/text translates to the left 10 units THEN rotates 90 degrees.  Can someone please help me? 
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I'm not sure if it's the most effecient way of doing it in jME, but try this:



bob3.setLocalTranslation(bob3.getLocalRotation().getRotationColumn(0).mult(10f) );