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[โ€“] Widowmaker_Best_Girl 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what I don't get. Why would they make Z up when in algebra, Y is up. It's all based on math, shouldn't we keep consistent on that?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Because the z axis is represented as an extension of the xy-plane, coming out of the paper essentially, so we represent it as up