MDynSweptTriangle Class Reference

#include <MDynSweptTriangle.h>

Class Description

Class for evaluating surfaces as triangles over time.

MDynSweptTriangle provides access to surfaces (Nurbs and Polys) defined as triangles. It can only be accessed with the MFnDynSweptGeometryData class that is provided as an output from the geoConnector node.

The class provides parametric time evaluation for a triangle. Time is in the range 0 to 1, where 1 represents the current frame and 0 represents the previous frame. In this way you can get interpolated values of a triangle in motion.

Examples:

Public Member Functions
	MDynSweptTriangle ()
	The class constructor.
	~MDynSweptTriangle ()
	The class destructor.
MVector	vertex (int vertexId, double t=1.0)
	Return the vertex requested by id, at the parametric time value. More...
MVector	normal (double t=1.0)
	Given a parametric time specified by 't', returns the normal of the triangle. More...
MVector	normalToPoint (double x, double y, double z, double t=1.0)
	Given a point, returns the normal of the triangle in the direction towards the point. More...
MVector	uvPoint (int vertexId)
	Given a vertex id, this method returns the UV point for the vertex as a MVector. More...
double	area ()
	This method returns the area. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static const char *	className ()
	Returns the name of this class. More...

Member Function Documentation

MVector vertex	(	int	vertexId,
		double	t = 1.0
	)

Return the vertex requested by id, at the parametric time value.

Parameters

[in]	vertexId	index 0, 1, or 2
[in]	t	time value in the range 1.0 to 0.0 t=1.0 is the current frame t=0.0 is the previous frame

Returns

The vertex position.

Examples:

MVector normal

(

double

t = 1.0

)

Given a parametric time specified by 't', returns the normal of the triangle.

Parameters

[in]

t

time value in the range 1.0 to 0.0 t=1.0 is the current frame t=0.0 is the previous frame

Returns

A normalized vector

MVector normalToPoint	(	double	x,
		double	y,
		double	z,
		double	t = 1.0
	)

Given a point, returns the normal of the triangle in the direction towards the point.

Determines which side of the triangle to return the normal.

Parameters

[in]	x	x component of the point
[in]	y	y component of the point
[in]	z	z component of the point
[in]	t	time value in the range 1.0 to 0.0 t=1.0 is the current frame t=0.0 is the previous frame

Returns

A normalized vector

MVector uvPoint

(

int

vertexId

)

Given a vertex id, this method returns the UV point for the vertex as a MVector.

Parameters

[in]

vertexId

Id of the vertex for retrieving the UV point.

Returns

A vector. The u and v values are stored in the first two coordinates. The third coordinate is not meaningful.

Examples:

double area

(

)

This method returns the area.

Returns

The area, as double value.

Examples:

const char * className ( )

static

Returns the name of this class.

Returns

The name of this class.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• MDynSweptTriangle.h
• MDynSweptTriangle.cpp