VRML 2.0 Transform Concepts

Positioning of objects in the world is achieved through the transform node
The transform node applies scales, rotations and translations to its children
These are applied in the order: scale, rotate, translate
To achieve complex repeated transforms, transform nodes may be nested
The center field may be used to specify scales and rotations about points other than 0 0 0
Although it is tempting to do so, negative scaling (for reflection) is forbidden
Nested transforms could be very expensive for a browser to calculate