# A Note on Coordinate Systems ## Different Coordinate Frames ### Standardized

Translation	Axis	Rotation	Axis
Right	X	Pitch	X
Front	Y	Roll	Y
Up	Z	Yaw	Z
		(QW, QX, QY, QZ)

### Blender [Blender Manual - Axes](#blender)

Translation	Axis	Rotation	Axis
Right	X	Pitch	X
Front	Y	Roll	Y
Up	Z	Yaw	Z
		(QW, QX, QY, QZ)

### OnShape

Translation	Axis	Rotation	Axis
Right	X	Pitch	X
Front	Y	Roll	Y
Up	Z	Yaw	Z

### NVIDIA PhysX (Isaac Gym, Isaac Sim, Omniverse)

Translation	Axis	Rotation	Axis
Right	-Y	Pitch	-Y
Front	X	Roll	X
Up	Z	Yaw	Z
		(QX, QY, QZ, QW)

### glTF [glTF coordinate systems and units](#different-coordinate-frames)

Translation	Axis	Rotation	Axis
Right	-X	Pitch	-X
Front	Z	Roll	Z
Up	Y	Yaw	Y

### MJCF [MJCF Frame Orientations](https://mujoco.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modeling.html#frame-orientations) (QW, QX, QY, QZ) ### Autodesk MotionBuilder

Translation	Axis	Rotation	Axis
Right	-X	Pitch	-X
Front	Z	Roll	Z
Up	Y	Yaw	Y

### ROS [ROS Coordinate Frame Conventions](https://www.ros.org/reps/rep-0103.html#id19)

Translation	Axis	Rotation	Axis
Right	-Y	Pitch	-Y
Front	X	Roll	X
Up	Z	Yaw	Z

### SteamVR

Translation	Axis	Rotation
Right	-Y	Pitch
Front	X	Roll
Up	Z	Yaw

### Unreal Engine

Translation	Axis	Rotation	Axis
Right	Y
Front	X
Up	Z

> **Note**: UE uses the left-hand coordinate system. ### CrazyFlie [The Coordinate System of the CrazyFlie 2.X](https://www.bitcraze.io/documentation/system/platform/cf2-coordinate-system/)

Translation	Axis	Rotation	Axis
Right	-Y	Pitch	Y (left-hand)
Front	X	Roll	X (right-hand)
Up	Z	Yaw	Z (right-hand)

## Conversion Between Frames From SteamVR (LiveLink) to Unreal:

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