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Agree with your second point, but for the first criticism, many fields actually use z as the "depth" axis.
by kalenx 6y ago
Agree with your second point, but for the first criticism, many fields actually use z as the "depth" axis.
- cassianoleal 6y agoI haven't come across any but I did carefully choose the word "commonly" as an acknowledgement that it's not mandatory to be this way. :)
- Yetanfou 6y agoComputer graphics use Z as the depth axis.
- throwaway738 6y agoThe usage of the z-axis is absolutely correct in the article. The author has essentially defined the x and the y axes. Useful physics (or math), as opposed to what appears to be an arbitrary common convention in whatever field you're familiar with, would suggest placing the z-axis in the direction that is co-perpendicular to the defined x and y axes. That a z-axis represents height and not depth is the least physics thing I've ever heard. Frankly, I dont think that's a thing at all.