al_Plane.hpp

#ifndef INCLUDE_AL_PLANE_HPP
#define INCLUDE_AL_PLANE_HPP
 
/*  Allocore --
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  File description:
  A 3-dimensional plane encoded as a normal and scalar component
 
  File author(s):
  Lance Putnam, 2011, putnam.lance@gmail.com
*/
 
#include "al/math/al_Vec.hpp"
 
namespace al {
 
template <class T>
class Plane {
 public:
  typedef al::Vec<3, T> Vec3;
 
  Plane() : mNormal(1, 0, 0), mD(0) {}
  Plane(const Vec3& v1, const Vec3& v2, const Vec3& v3);
 
  const Vec3& normal() const { return mNormal; }
 
  T d() const { return mD; }
 
  T distance(const Vec3& p) const { return (mD + mNormal.dot(p)); }
 
  bool inNegativeSpace(const Vec3& p) const { return mNormal.dot(p) < -d(); }
 
  bool inPositiveSpace(const Vec3& p) const { return mNormal.dot(p) >= -d(); }
 
 
  Plane& from3Points(const Vec3& v1, const Vec3& v2, const Vec3& v3);
 
  Plane& fromNormalAndPoint(const Vec3& normal, const Vec3& point);
 
  Plane& fromCoefficients(T a, T b, T c, T d);
 
 protected:
  Vec3 mNormal;  // plane orientation as perp. unit vector
  T mD;          // plane position as translation factor along normal
};
 
template <class T>
Plane<T>::Plane(const Vec3& v1, const Vec3& v2, const Vec3& v3) {
  from3Points(v1, v2, v3);
}
 
template <class T>
Plane<T>& Plane<T>::from3Points(const Vec3& v1, const Vec3& v2,
                                const Vec3& v3) {
  //  return fromNormalAndPoint(cross(v1-v2, v3-v2).normalize(), v2); //
  //  left-handed
  return fromNormalAndPoint(cross(v3 - v2, v1 - v2).normalize(),
                            v2);  // right-handed
}
 
template <class T>
Plane<T>& Plane<T>::fromNormalAndPoint(const Vec3& nrm, const Vec3& point) {
  mNormal = nrm;
  mD = -(mNormal.dot(point));
  return *this;
}
 
template <class T>
Plane<T>& Plane<T>::fromCoefficients(T a, T b, T c, T d) {
  mNormal(a, b, c);
  T l = mNormal.mag();
  mNormal(a / l, b / l, c / l);
  mD = d / l;
  return *this;
}
 
}  // namespace al
 
#endif