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All rights reserved. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * ("GPL") version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. * See the file LICENSE.GPL at the root directory of this source * distribution for additional information about the GNU GPL. * * For using Coin with software that can not be combined with the GNU * GPL, and for taking advantage of the additional benefits of our * support services, please contact Systems in Motion about acquiring * a Coin Professional Edition License. * * See http://www.coin3d.org/ for more information. * * Systems in Motion, Postboks 1283, Pirsenteret, 7462 Trondheim, NORWAY. * http://www.sim.no/ sales@sim.no coin-support@coin3d.org * \**************************************************************************/ /*! \class SbLine SbLinear.h Inventor/SbLinear.h \brief The SbLine class represents a line in 3D space. \ingroup base SbLine provides a way of specifying a directed line, through a 3D point (origin) and a vector direction in 3D space. It is context dependent whether or not an SbLine is considered as a \e ray extending from the starting point in only one direction, or as a \e line intersecting the origin point and extending infinitely from it in both directions. SbLine is used by many other classes in Coin. \sa SbVec3f */ #include #include #include /*! The default constructor does nothing. The line will be uninitialized until the first assignment or setValue() call. */ SbLine::SbLine(void) { } /*! Constructor with \a origin specifying the line origin point, and \a point specifying another point on the line that is used to determine the line's direction. \a point should not be the same as \a origin, as this will lead to the line having a null vector as the direction vector. This will cause division by zero problems in some of the other methods on this class. Be aware that the direction vector will be normalized and not be the same as \a point - \a origin. \sa setValue, getOrigin, getDirection */ SbLine::SbLine(const SbVec3f& origin, const SbVec3f& point) { this->setValue(origin, point); } /*! Set new position and direction of the line by specifying line origin and another point on the line that is used to determine the line's direction. \a point should not be the same as \a origin, as this will lead to having a null vector as the direction vector. This will cause division by zero problems in some of the other methods on this class. Be aware that the direction vector will be normalized and not be the same as \a point - \a origin. \sa setValue, getOrigin, getDirection */ void SbLine::setValue(const SbVec3f& origin, const SbVec3f& point) { this->pos = origin; this->dir = point - origin; #if COIN_DEBUG if(origin == point) { SoDebugError::postWarning("SbLine::setValue", "The two points defining the line is " "equal => line is invalid."); return; } #endif // COIN_DEBUG // we test for a null vector above, just normalize (void) this->dir.normalize(); } /*! Returns the two closest points on the lines. If the lines are parallel, all points are equally close and we return \c FALSE. If the lines are not parallel, the point positions will be stored in \a ptOnThis and \a ptOnLine2, and we'll return \c TRUE. Note that both SbLine instances are considered to be infinite in both directions from their definition points, as far as this function is concerned. \sa getClosestPoint(). */ SbBool SbLine::getClosestPoints(const SbLine& line2, SbVec3f& ptOnThis, SbVec3f& ptOnLine2) const { #if COIN_DEBUG if(this->getDirection().length() == 0.0) SoDebugError::postWarning("SbLine::getClosestPoints", "This line has no direction (zero vector)."); if(line2.getDirection().length() == 0.0) SoDebugError::postWarning("SbLine::getClosestPoints", "argument line has no direction (zero vector)."); #endif // COIN_DEBUG // Check if the lines are parallel. // FIXME: should probably use equals() here. if(line2.dir == this->dir) return FALSE; else if(line2.dir == -this->dir) return FALSE; // From the discussion on getClosestPoint(), we know that the point // we wish to find on a line can be expressed as: // // (Q1-P0)·D0 // Q0 = P0 + D0 * ---------- // |D0| // // ...where P0 is a point on the first line, D0 is the direction // vector and Q1 is the "closest point" on the other line. From this // we get two equations with two unknowns. By substituting for // Q1 we get a new equation with a single unknown, Q0: // // ( (Q0 - P1)·D1 ) // (P1 + D1 * ------------ - P0) · D0 // ( |D1| ) // Q0 = P0 + D0 * ------------------------------------ // |D0| // // Which obviously is bloody hard (perhaps impossible?) to solve // analytically. Damn. Back to the pen and pencil stuff. // // Ok, new try. Since we're looking for the minimum distance between the // two lines, we should be able to solve it by expressing the distance // between the points we want to find as a parametrized function and // take the derivative: // // f(t0, t1) = |Q1 - Q0| = |P1+D1*t1 - (P0+D0*t0)| // // (t1*D1 - P0)·D0 // t0 can be expressed as --------------- which gives us // |D0| // // f(t) = |P1 + D1*t - P0 - D0N * ((t*D1 - P0)·D0)|, t = t1 // D0N = D0 normalized // _____________ // ..which is eual to f(t) = \/Þ² + ß² + ð² , where Þ, ß, and ð // is the full expression above with the x, y, and z components // of the vectors. // // Since we're looking for the minimum value of the function, we can just // ignore the square root. We'll do the next parts of the math on a // general components case, since it's the same for the x, y and z parts. // // Expanding any of the Þ, ß, or ð expressions, we get this: // (P1[i] - D1[i]*t - P0[i] - D0N[i]*D0[x]*D1[x]*t + D0N[i]*D0[x]*P0[x] // - D0N[i]*D0[y]*D1[y]*t + D0N[i]*D0[y]*P0[y] - D0N[i]*D0[z]*D1[z]*t // + D0N[i]*D0[z]*P0[z])² , // where i=[x|y|z]. // // Derivating this by using the chain rule (i.e. g(t)² = // 2*g(t)*g'(t)), we'll get this equation for finding the t yielding // the minimum distance between two points Q0 and Q1 on the lines: // // -(cx*dx+cy*dy+cz*dz) // t = -------------------- // dx² + dy² + dz² // // di = D1[i] - D0N[i] * (D0[x]*D1[x] + D0[y]*D1[y] + D0[z]*D1[z]) // and // ci = P1[i] - P0[i] + D0N[i] * (D0[x]*P0[x] + D0[y]*P0[y] + D0[z]*P0[z]) // where i=[x|y|z]. // // Now we'll substitute t back in for t1 in Q1 = P1 + D1*t1, which'll // also let us find Q0 by an invocation of getClosestPoint(). // // That's it. I can't believe this took me 4 hours to complete. Code worked // on the first run, though. :-) // 19980815 mortene. SbVec3f P0 = this->pos; SbVec3f P1 = line2.pos; SbVec3f D0 = this->dir; SbVec3f D1 = line2.dir; SbVec3f D0N = D0; // we warn about lines with no direction above, just normalize (void) D0N.normalize(); float c[3], d[3]; for (int i=0; i < 3; i++) { d[i] = D1[i] - D0N[i]*(D0[0]*D1[0] + D0[1]*D1[1] + D0[2]*D1[2]); c[i] = P1[i] - P0[i] + D0N[i]*(D0[0]*P0[0] + D0[1]*P0[1] + D0[2]*P0[2]); } float t = -(c[0]*d[0]+c[1]*d[1]+c[2]*d[2]) / (d[0]*d[0]+d[1]*d[1]+d[2]*d[2]); ptOnLine2 = line2.pos + line2.dir * t; ptOnThis = this->getClosestPoint(ptOnLine2); return TRUE; } /*! Returns the point on the line which is closest to \a point: \verbatim _ Q D SP x-----x-------> \ | \ | \ | \ | \| x P P = argument point _ SP = line starting point, and D = line direction of this line Q = point to find and return from function \endverbatim The vector defined by \a point and the returned point will be normal to the line. Note that the SbLine instance is considered to be infinite in both directions from its definition point, as far as this function is concerned. \sa getClosestPoints(). */ SbVec3f SbLine::getClosestPoint(const SbVec3f & point) const { // // Q D // SP x-----x-------> // \ | // \ | // \ | // \ | // \| // x P // // P = argument point, SP = line starting point, D = line direction, // Q = point to find. // // Solved by: // a·b // comp_b(a) = --- , a = P-SP, b = D, comp_b(a) = |Q-SP| // |b| // // ==> Q = SP + comp_b(a)*D // 19980815 mortene. float numerator = (point - this->pos).dot(this->dir); float denumerator = this->dir.length(); #if COIN_DEBUG if(denumerator == 0.0f) SoDebugError::postWarning("SbLine::getClosestPoint", "This line has no direction (zero length)."); #endif // COIN_DEBUG return (this->pos + this->dir * (numerator/denumerator)); } /*! Return a vector representing the origin point on the line. \sa setValue */ const SbVec3f& SbLine::getPosition(void) const { return this->pos; } /*! Return a vector representing the direction of the line. The direction vector will always be normalized. */ const SbVec3f& SbLine::getDirection(void) const { return this->dir; } /*! Dump the state of this object to the \a file stream. Only works in debug version of library, method does nothing in an optimized compile. */ void SbLine::print(FILE * fp) const { #if COIN_DEBUG fprintf( fp, "p: " ); this->getPosition().print(fp); fprintf( fp, "d: " ); this->getDirection().print(fp); #endif // COIN_DEBUG }