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I would like to know how this 3D graphic could interpreset the y axis as being the up direction and the z axis flipped so that it creates a left handed coordinate system?

Graphics3D[{
    {Red,   Arrow[{{0, 0, 0}, {1, 0, 0}}]}, 
    {Green, Arrow[{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}}]}, 
    {Blue,  Arrow[{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1}}]}
},
Axes -> True, 
AxesLabel -> {x, y, z}]
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  • $\begingroup$ You should be able to use some GeometricTransformation to transform the graphics primitives. Then you can simply reorder the axes labels and you should be done $\endgroup$
    – Lukas Lang
    Nov 4, 2021 at 20:53

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You could e.g. negate the z coordinates and exchange y and z. For clarity I write the graphics in a separate statement:

gr = {{Red, Arrow[{{0, 0, 0}, {1, 0, 0}}]}, {Green, 
    Arrow[{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 1, 0}}]}, {Blue, 
    Arrow[{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1}}]}}  /. {x_?NumericQ, y_, 
    z_} -> {x, -z, y}
Graphics3D[gr, Axes -> True, AxesLabel -> {x, z, y}]

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  • $\begingroup$ This is mostly what I want, but is there a way for the z axis to be flipped, even if I enter Arrow[{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1}}] for it's arrow instead of Arrow[{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, -1}}]? $\endgroup$
    – mbl
    Nov 6, 2021 at 19:53
  • $\begingroup$ ??? But I specified Arrow[{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 1}}] $\endgroup$
    – Daniel Huber
    Nov 6, 2021 at 20:01

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