Planes (d3_plane)

Definition

An instance P of the data type d3_plane is an oriented plane in the three-dimensional space R ^3. It can be defined by a tripel (a,b,c) of non-collinear points or a single point a and a normal vector v.

Creation

d3_plane	p;	introduces a variable p of type d3_plane initialized to the trivial plane.
d3_plane	p(d3_point a, d3_point b, d3_point c);
		introduces a variable p of type d3_plane initialized to the plane through (a,b,c). Precondition: a, b, and c are not collinear.
d3_plane	p(d3_point a, vector v);	introduces a variable p of type d3_plane initialized to the plane that contains a with normal vector v. Precondition: v.dim() = 3 and v.length() > 0.
d3_plane	p(d3_point a, d3_point b);	introduces a variable p of type d3_plane initialized to the plane that contains a with normal vector b-a.

Operations

d3_point	p.point1()	returns the first point of p.
vector	p.normal()	returns a normal vector of p.
double	p.sqr_dist(d3_point q)	returns the square of the Euclidean distance between p and q.
double	p.distance(d3_point q)	returns the Euclidean distance between p and q.
vector	p.normal_project(d3_point q)
		returns the vector pointing from q to its projection on p along the normal direction.
d3_plane	p.translate(double dx, double dy, double dz)
		returns p translated by vector (dx,dy,dz).
d3_plane	p.translate(vector v)	returns p+v, i.e., p translated by vector v. Precondition: v.dim() = 3.
d3_plane	p + vector v	returns p translated by vector v.
d3_plane	p.reflect(d3_plane Q)	returns p reflected across plane Q.
d3_plane	p.reflect(d3_point q)	returns p reflected across point q.
d3_point	p.reflect_point(d3_point q)
		returns q reflected across plane p.
int	p.side_of(d3_point q)	computes the side of p on which q lies.
bool	p.contains(d3_point q)	returns true if point q lies on plane p, i.e., (p.side_of(q) == 0), and false otherwise.
bool	p.parallel(d3_plane Q)	returns true if planes p and Q are parallel and false otherwise.
ostream&	ostream& O << p	writes p to output stream O.
istream&	istream& I >> d3_plane& p	reads the coordinates of p (six double numbers) from input stream I.

Non-Member Functions

int	orientation(d3_plane p, d3_point q)
		computes the orientation of p.sideof(q).