scale in matrix

[ukopenglnewbie]

Apart from non-normalised matrices with no rotation in them, can we get the scale values from a matrix ?

[IneQuation.pl]

Sure, just treat the columns as vectors and compute their lengths.

[Rosario Leonardi]

If you have a generic matrix like this one

r0 r3 r6 t0
r1 r4 r7 t1
r2 r5 r8 t2
0 0 0 1
then
XScale = sqrt(r0*r0+r3*r3+r6*r6);
YScale = sqrt(r1*r1+r4*r4+r7*r7);
ZScale = sqrt(r2*r2+r5*r5+r8*r8);