MPlane Class Reference

#include <MPlane.h>

Class Description

A plane equation.

This class describes a mathematical plane.

Examples:

Public Member Functions
	MPlane ()
	Class default constructor. More...
	MPlane (const MPlane &)
	Class copy constructor. More...
MVector	normal () const
	Returns the normal of the plane. More...
double	distance () const
	Returns the distance of the plane along the normal. More...
void	setPlane (double a, double b, double c, double d)
	Directly set the equation of the plane in the form: ax + by +cz + d = 0. More...
void	setPlane (const MVector &n, double d)
	Set the equation of the plane from a normal and offset. More...
double	distance (const MVector &) const
	Returns the unsigned distance from the plane to the specified point. More...
double	directedDistance (const MVector &) const
	Returns the signed distance from the plane to the specified point. More...

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

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

OPENMAYA_MAJOR_NAMESPACE_OPEN MPlane

(

)

Class default constructor.

Create a new default plane.

MPlane

(

const MPlane &

src

)

Class copy constructor.

Create a new vector and initialize it to the same values as the given plane.

Parameters

[in]

src

the plane to copy

Member Function Documentation

MVector normal

(

)

const

Returns the normal of the plane.

Returns

The plane's normal

Examples:

double distance

(

)

const

Returns the distance of the plane along the normal.

Returns

The distance of the plane along the normal

void setPlane	(	double	a,
		double	b,
		double	c,
		double	d
	)

Directly set the equation of the plane in the form: ax + by +cz + d = 0.

Parameters

[in]	a	The plane equation's x coefficent
[in]	b	The plane equation's y coefficent
[in]	c	The plane equation's z coefficent
[in]	d	The plane equation's constant distance term

void setPlane	(	const MVector &	n,
		double	d
	)

Set the equation of the plane from a normal and offset.

Parameters

[in]	n	The plane's normal
[in]	d	The offset of the plane along the normal

double distance

(

const MVector &

point

)

const

Returns the unsigned distance from the plane to the specified point.

Parameters

[in]

point

The point from which to calculate the distance

Returns

The distance from the specified point to the plane.

double directedDistance

(

const MVector &

point

)

const

Returns the signed distance from the plane to the specified point.

Parameters

[in]

point

The point from which to calculate the distance

Returns

The distance from the specified point to the plane.

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:

• MPlane.h
• MPlane.cpp