source: trunk/VUT/GtpVisibilityPreprocessor/src/Plane3.h @ 487

#ifndef _Plane3_H__
#define _Plane3_H__

#include "Vector3.h"

  
/** 3D Plane */
class Plane3 {
public:

  Vector3 mNormal;
  float mD;
  
  Plane3() {}
  
  Plane3(const Vector3 &a,
                 const Vector3 &b,
                 const Vector3 &c
         ) {
    Vector3 v1=a-b, v2=c-b;
    mNormal = Normalize(CrossProd(v2,v1));
    mD = -DotProd(b, mNormal);
  }

  Plane3(const Vector3 &normal,
         const Vector3 &point
         ):mNormal(normal)
  {
    mD = -DotProd(normal, point);
  }

  void ReverseOrientation()
  {
          mNormal *= -1;
          mD *= -1;
  }

  float Distance(const Vector3 &v) const {
    return DotProd(v, mNormal) + mD;
  }

  int Side(const Vector3 &v, const float threshold = 1e-6) const {
    return signum(Distance(v), threshold);
  }

  /** Finds intersection of line segment between points a and b with plane.
          @param a start point
          @param b end point
          @param t if not NULL, returns parameter value of intersections
          @param coplanar if not NULL, returns true if plane and line segments are coplanar.
  */
  Vector3 FindIntersection(const Vector3 &a,
                                                   const Vector3 &b,
                                                   float *t = NULL,
                                                   bool *coplanar = NULL) const 
  {
    const Vector3 v = b - a; // line from A to B
    float dv = DotProd(v, mNormal);
    
    if (signum(dv) == 0)
        {
                if (coplanar) (*coplanar) = true;       
                if (t) (*t) = 0;
                return a;
        }
        
        if (coplanar) (*coplanar) = false;
    float u = - Distance(a) / dv; // TODO: could be done more efficiently
    
        if (t) (*t) = u;
        
    return a + u * v;
  }
  
  /** Finds value of intersection parameter t on line segment from a to b.
      @returns -1 if coplanar, else parameter t
  */
  float FindT(const Vector3 &a, const Vector3 &b) const 
  {       
          const Vector3 v = b - a; // line from A to B
          const float dv = DotProd(v, mNormal);
    
          // does not intersect or coincident
          if (signum(dv) == 0)
                  return 0;
        
          return - Distance(a) / dv; // TODO: could be done more efficiently
  }

  friend bool
  PlaneIntersection(const Plane3 &a, const Plane3 &b, const Plane3 &c, Vector3 &result);
  
  friend ostream &operator<<(ostream &s, const Plane3 p) {
    s<<p.mNormal<<" "<<p.mD;
    return s;
  }

  
};
  



#endif