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# Shearable3DProtocol

A set of methods that defines the interface for Spatial entities that can shear.

```
protocol Shearable3DProtocol<Scalar> : SpatialTypeProtocol
```

## Topics

### Instance Methods

[`func shear(Self.AxisEnumeration)`](/documentation/Spatial/Shearable3DProtocol/shear(_:))

Shears the entity.

[`func sheared(Self.AxisEnumeration) -> Self`](/documentation/Spatial/Shearable3DProtocol/sheared(_:))

Returns a sheared entity.

## Relationships

### Inherits From

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`Encodable`](/documentation/Swift/Encodable)

[`Decodable`](/documentation/Swift/Decodable)

[`SpatialTypeProtocol`](/documentation/Spatial/SpatialTypeProtocol)

### Conforming Types

[`ProjectiveTransform3DFloat`](/documentation/Spatial/ProjectiveTransform3DFloat)

[`AffineTransform3DFloat`](/documentation/Spatial/AffineTransform3DFloat)

[`ProjectiveTransform3D`](/documentation/Spatial/ProjectiveTransform3D)

[`AffineTransform3D`](/documentation/Spatial/AffineTransform3D)

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