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- From: jderrick@cuhk.edu.hk (James Derrick)
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- Subject: Re: 3d programming
- Date: 5 Feb 1996 07:49:47 GMT
- Organization: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Message-ID: <jderrick-0502961551360001@slip037.csc.cuhk.hk>
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- In article <4f3od9$2jg@zeus.tcp.co.uk>, agale@agale.tcp.co.uk (Aaron Gale)
- wrote:
-
- > Does anyone know how to find the intersection of a line and plane
- > in simple x,y and z cartesian coordinates. I have a model made
- > up of facets, each facet being defined by 4 points. The working
- > envelope that this model is in, is then scanned from the bottom
- > to the top. However I can't work out how to calculate the z
- > coordinate along the scan line that may intersect with a facet.
- >
- > The scanning line is always horizontal and is defined with the
- > x and y coordinates remaining the same, with one end of the line
- > minus z and the other end positive z. As an example at what point
- > does the line whose start point is (54,46,-100) and whose end
- > point is (54,46,100) intersect with a plane facet defined by 4
- > points in a anti-clockwise direction point 1 (40,20,-70),
- > point 2 (40,60,-40), point 3 (120,60,-40) and point 4 (120,20,-70).
-
- You only need 3 points to define a plane. Using these three points you
- can calculate the equation for the plane by simulaneous equations.
- ie using the first 3 points the equation using a form of z=mx+ny+b would be:
-
- 1. -70 = 40m + 20n + b
- 2. -40 = 40m + 60n + b
- 3. -40 = 120m + 60n + b
-
- Solving these gives m=0,n=0.75,b=-85.
- If you had a more complicated line you could solve the intersection also
- by the same method, however as all x & y values are the same, you can just
- substitute the x & y in, which gives you the intersection at (54,46,-50.5)
-
- --
- James Derrick
-