Transforming relative to current transformation?

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I’d like to be able to move and object where the reference frame is it’s current transformation and rotation.

Say, you have an object at location 0,0,0 with a rotation of 0,0,0. Doing this:

rotate(0, 180, 0);//180 degrees
translate(0, 0, 1f);

would make it’s new position 0, 0, -1f, since it’s moving “forward” relative to itself but backwards (-1f in the z axis) relative to the world.

Is this kind of functionality available?

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Simple 3D math. (Please search for the “Math for Dummies” tutorial for more information as it’s a really great resource.)

Vectr3f toMove = new Vector3f(0, 0, 1);
toMove = mySpatial.getWorldRotation().mult(toMove);
mySpatial.translate(toMove);

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