3D models can be viewed in specialized software suites from any angle, where they can be easily manipulated. Processes of manipulating objects in a coordinate system are called transformations. There are 4 basic types of transformations: translation, rotation, reflection, and dilation. Translation in a geometrical sense means moving an object without rotating or resizing. To translate a shape means to move each of its points at the same distance in the same direction.^[1]