Question: Option orientation in plot3d

There are many conventions for the Euler angles or other angles used to define o rotation of a 3d plot.
In Maple these angles are in the plot option orientation, but I think that the help page is not correct about them.
The same info appears in a worksheet (see ?rotateplot), so I am even more intrigued. [Note that many authors also switch phi and theta in spherical coordinates].

The help file says:

orientation=[theta, phi, psi]
This orientation specified by these angles is obtained by rotating the plot
1. psi about the x-axis,
2. then phi about the (transformed) z-axis, and
3. then theta about the (transformed) y-axis.
  These angles, given in degrees, are the Euler angles for the transformation matrix, using the axes specified. The angle psi is optional and is assumed to be 0 if not given. If the orientation option is not specified, the default value used is [55, 75, 0].


After some tests it seems that y and z should be switched, i.e. keeping the names (and order) for the angles ==>
1. psi about the x-axis,
2. then phi about the (transformed) y-axis, and
3. then theta about the (transformed) z-axis.

 
Am I right?

 

 

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