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- From: scjones@thor.sdrc.com (Larry Jones)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: Polygon Question...
- Message-ID: <1886@sdrc.COM>
- Date: 25 Jul 92 22:37:19 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.094844.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca> <1992Jul21.221038.7051@javelin.sim.es.com>
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- In article <1992Jul21.221038.7051@javelin.sim.es.com>, gclapp@javelin.sim.es.com (Glenn Clapp) writes:
- > Traverse the polygon, calculating 3 cross products (v1->v2 X v2->v3,
- > v2->v3 X v3->v1), and (v3->v1 X v1->v2), and if the cross products are
- > positive, the polygon is counterclockwise, otherwise they will be negetive.
- > Also, if you have a sign flip between the different cross products, then
- > the polygon is not convex.
-
- One is sufficient - a triangle is always convex.
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