Does anyone know how to define a 4x4 matrix to reflect 3d stuff accross a plane?

Multiply matrices A * B * C * D * E, where each does the following:
A: translate the plane to the origin.
B: rotate the plane to the XY plane.
C: invert the Z coordinate.
D: inverse of matrix B
E: inverse of matrix A

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Don''t listen to me. I''ve had too much coffee.

If you really want the matrix and not something much simpler described to me here, I can send you scans of my paper on which I developed the said matrices (I''m not going to type them off)

If the plane is through the origin the reflection if given by

x'' = x - 2(x.n)n

where n is the unit normal to the plane. This is a linear function of x, so it has a matrix representation,

x'' = Mx

where M is the matrix

( 1 - 2aa, -2ab, -2ac)
( -2ab, 1 - 2bb, -2bc)
( -2ac, -2bc, 1 - 2cc)

where (a, b, c) is the unit vector n, aa = a * a, i.e. ''a'' squared.

This is a 3x3 matrix reflecting in a plane through the origin. Note it is NOT a rotation matrix, so do not try to check it as such. E.g. it''s determinant is not 1 but -1.

If the plane is not through the origin it requires a 4x4 matrix with a translation element. The translation part equals what happens to the origin when reflected, and the origin is reflected though a distance twice it''s distance from the plane along the direction of the plane normal, i.e. just work out the position of the origin after the reflection to complete the matrix.