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shaun bolak
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shaun bolak
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shaun bolak
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,080 Points

Could someone explain the z-value and positioning (in main CSS file) to make 3D rotation possible?

I feel as thought the technique was explained well. However the CSS positioning and set-up was glanced over. I would like to thoroughly understand how to set this up.

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Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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You didn't provide a link the course page, but I expect you're working with the demo that has 3 cubes that rotate on mouse hover.

The important thing to bear in mind about that demo is that there are two different things going on — one is the construction in 3-D of the cubes themselves, and the other is the rotation effect on hover.

Note that the rotation and axis offsets are used to build the cube shapes within a container, and these positions are not part of the transitions that produce the animation effect.

Each cube is constructed inside a container element, and it is the container that is rotated dynamically to create the effect.

Hopefully it will make more sense when you look at it again now.