Rotation of Clockwise or Counter clockwise. rotDirectionType extRotDirectionType refinedRotDirectionType refinedExtRotDirectionType POSC 1.0 clockwise The positive rotation direction is in the direction that a clock would rotate. When describing the rotation of one vector with respect to another, a clockwise rotation would correspond to a cross product of the vectors pointing away from the viewer. counter clockwise The rotation direction is opposite that described by a clockwise rotation. anti-clockwise The rotation direction is opposite that described by a clockwise rotation.