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NAME

       SbVec3f -

       The SbVec3f class is a 3 dimensional vector with floating point
       coordinates.

       This vector class is used by many other classes in Coin. It provides
       storage for a 3 dimensional vector aswell as simple floating point
       arithmetic operations.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Inventor/SbLinear.h>

       Inherited by SbColor.

   Public Member Functions
       SbVec3f (void)
       SbVec3f (const float v[3])
       SbVec3f (float x, float y, float z)
       SbVec3f (const SbVec3d &v)
       SbVec3f (const SbVec3b &v)
       SbVec3f (const SbVec3s &v)
       SbVec3f (const SbVec3i32 &v)
       SbVec3f (const SbPlane &p0, const SbPlane &p1, const SbPlane &p2)
       SbVec3f & setValue (const float v[3])
       SbVec3f & setValue (float x, float y, float z)
       SbVec3f & setValue (const SbVec3f &barycentric, const SbVec3f &v0,
           const SbVec3f &v1, const SbVec3f &v2)
       SbVec3f & setValue (const SbVec3d &v)
       SbVec3f & setValue (const SbVec3b &v)
       SbVec3f & setValue (const SbVec3s &v)
       SbVec3f & setValue (const SbVec3i32 &v)
       const float * getValue (void) const
       void getValue (float &x, float &y, float &z) const
       float & operator[] (int i)
       const float & operator[] (int i) const
       SbBool equals (const SbVec3f &v, float tolerance) const
       SbVec3f cross (const SbVec3f &v) const
       float dot (const SbVec3f &v) const
       SbVec3f getClosestAxis (void) const
       float length (void) const
       float sqrLength (void) const
       float normalize (void)
       void negate (void)
       SbVec3f & operator*= (float d)
       SbVec3f & operator/= (float d)
       SbVec3f & operator+= (const SbVec3f &v)
       SbVec3f & operator-= (const SbVec3f &v)
       SbVec3f operator- (void) const
       void print (FILE *fp) const

   Protected Attributes
       float vec [3]

   Related Functions
       (Note that these are not member functions.)
       SbVec3f operator* (const SbVec3f &v, float d)
       SbVec3f operator* (float d, const SbVec3f &v)
       SbVec3f operator/ (const SbVec3f &v, float d)
       SbVec3f operator+ (const SbVec3f &v1, const SbVec3f &v2)
       SbVec3f operator- (const SbVec3f &v1, const SbVec3f &v2)
       int operator== (const SbVec3f &v1, const SbVec3f &v2)
       int operator!= (const SbVec3f &v1, const SbVec3f &v2)

Detailed Description

       The SbVec3f class is a 3 dimensional vector with floating point
       coordinates.

       This vector class is used by many other classes in Coin. It provides
       storage for a 3 dimensional vector aswell as simple floating point
       arithmetic operations.

       See also:
           SbVec2s, SbVec2f, SbVec2d, SbVec3s, SbVec3d, SbVec4f, SbVec4d.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

   SbVec3f::SbVec3f (void) [inline] The default constructor does nothing. The
       vector coordinates will be uninitialized until you do a setValue()
       call.
   SbVec3f::SbVec3f (const float v[3]) [inline] Constructs an SbVec3f instance
       with initial values from v.
   SbVec3f::SbVec3f (float x, float y, float z) [inline] Constructs an SbVec3f
       instance with the initial vector endpoint set to <x,y,z>.
   SbVec3f::SbVec3f (const SbVec3d & v) [inline, explicit] Constructs an
       SbVec3f instance from an SbVec3d instance.
   SbVec3f::SbVec3f (const SbVec3b & v) [inline, explicit] Constructs an
       SbVec3f instance from an SbVec3b instance.
       Since:
           Coin 2.5

   SbVec3f::SbVec3f (const SbVec3s & v) [inline, explicit] Constructs an
       SbVec3f instance from an SbVec3s instance.
       Since:
           Coin 2.5

   SbVec3f::SbVec3f (const SbVec3i32 & v) [inline, explicit] Constructs an
       SbVec3f instance from an SbVec3i32 instance.
       Since:
           Coin 2.5

   SbVec3f::SbVec3f (const SbPlane & p0, const SbPlane & p1, const SbPlane &
       p2) Constructs an SbVec3f instance by combining the three given planes.
       None of the planes should be parallel to any of the other two,
       otherwise a divide by zero error will occur.

Member Function Documentation

   SbVec3f & SbVec3f::setValue (const float v[3]) [inline] Set new coordinates
       for the vector from v. Returns reference to self.
       See also:
           getValue().

   SbVec3f & SbVec3f::setValue (float x, float y, float z) [inline] Set new
       coordinates for the vector. Returns reference to self.
       See also:
           getValue().

   SbVec3f & SbVec3f::setValue (const SbVec3f & barycentric, const SbVec3f &
       v0, const SbVec3f & v1, const SbVec3f & v2) Set this vector to be the
       average of v0, v1 and v2. The vector components are weighted by the
       barycentric vector.
       See also:
           getValue().

   SbVec3f & SbVec3f::setValue (const SbVec3d & v) Sets this vector to the
       double precision vector v, converting the vector to a single precision
       vector.
       This is a Coin extension.

       Since:
           Coin 2.0

   SbVec3f & SbVec3f::setValue (const SbVec3b & v) Since:
           Coin 2.5

       See also:
           getValue()

   SbVec3f & SbVec3f::setValue (const SbVec3s & v) Since:
           Coin 2.5

       See also:
           getValue()

   SbVec3f & SbVec3f::setValue (const SbVec3i32 & v) Since:
           Coin 2.5

       See also:
           getValue()

   const float * SbVec3f::getValue (void) const [inline] Returns a pointer to
       an array of three floats containing the x, y and z coordinates of the
       vector.
       See also:
           setValue().

   void SbVec3f::getValue (float & x, float & y, float & z) const [inline]
       Returns the x, y and z coordinates of the vector.
       See also:
           setValue().

   float & SbVec3f::operator[] (int i) [inline] Index operator. Returns
       modifiable x, y or z coordinate of vector.
       See also:
           getValue() and setValue().

   float SbVec3f::operator[] (int i) const [inline] Index operator. Returns x,
       y or z coordinate of vector.
       See also:
           getValue() and setValue().

   SbBool SbVec3f::equals (const SbVec3f & v, float tolerance) const Compares
       the vector with v and returns TRUE if the distance between the vectors
       is smaller or equal to the square root of tolerance.
   SbVec3f SbVec3f::cross (const SbVec3f & v) const Returns the result of
       taking the cross product of this vector and v.
   float SbVec3f::dot (const SbVec3f & v) const [inline] Calculates and
       returns the result of taking the dot product of this vector and v.
   SbVec3f SbVec3f::getClosestAxis (void) const Return the vector representing
       the principal axis closest to this vector.
   float SbVec3f::length (void) const Return length of vector.
   float SbVec3f::sqrLength (void) const [inline] Returns the squared length
       of the vector.
   float SbVec3f::normalize (void) Normalize the vector to unit length. Return
       value is the original length of the vector before normalization.
       If the vector is the null vector, no attempt at normalization will be
       done. If the Coin library was built in a debug version, and the
       COIN_DEBUG_NORMALIZE environment variable is set, this error message
       will then be shown:

           Coin warning in SbVec3f::normalize(): The length of the vector
           should be > 0.0f to be able to normalize.
         .fi

       We’ve made it possible for Coin to spit out a warning when an attempt at normalizing a null-vector is made, as that seems to sometimes be a symptom caused by some graver error somewhere else -- either an internal error in Coin code, a programming error in application code, or an error in an input file (like for instance invalid polygon specifications).

       If you run into bugs/problems with your application or with Coin, it could be a good idea to set COIN_DEBUG_NORMALIZE=1, and then restart the application to see if you get any warnings from normalize().

       If this happens, you should run the application in a debugger and see how the call-stack backtrace looks when it hits. An easy way of getting a debugger break at the warning spot is to set the following debugging environment variable which will make the code assert:

           COIN_DEBUG_BREAK="SbVec3f::normalize"
         .fi

       If you from the backtrace analysis strongly suspects an internal Coin bug, please report the call-stack to us at coin-support@coin3d.org and we’ll look into it. Example code that triggers the bug would then also be very helpful.

       A note for developers porting code from SGI or TGS Inventor to Coin: those Inventor implementations are more slack about detecting and giving out warning messages upon API misuses, and you may suddenly have gotten this warning with Coin without seeing any indication of an error with SGI/TGS Inventor. This does not necessarily mean that it is a bug in Coin -- it is much more likely that you are getting a warning as an indication of API misuse or import file errors which were just not detected and/or reported with those Inventor implementations.

   void SbVec3f::negate (void) [inline] Negate the vector (i.e. point it in
       the opposite direction).
   SbVec3f & SbVec3f::operator*= (float d) [inline] Multiply components of
       vector with scalar value d. Returns reference to self.
   SbVec3f & SbVec3f::operator/= (float d) [inline] Divides components of
       vector with scalar value d. Returns reference to self.
   SbVec3f & SbVec3f::operator+= (const SbVec3f & u) [inline] Adds this vector
       and vector u. Returns reference to self.
   SbVec3f & SbVec3f::operator-= (const SbVec3f & u) [inline] Subtracts vector
       u from this vector. Returns reference to self.
   SbVec3f SbVec3f::operator- (void) const [inline] Non-destructive negation
       operator. Returns a new SbVec3f instance which points in the opposite
       direction of this vector.
       See also:
           negate().

   void SbVec3f::print (FILE * fp) const Dump the state of this object to the
       file stream. Only works in debug version of library, method does
       nothing in an optimized compile.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

   SbVec3f operator* (const SbVec3f & v, float d) [related] Returns an SbVec3f
       instance which is the components of vector v multiplied with d.
   SbVec3f operator* (float d, const SbVec3f & v) [related] Returns an SbVec3f
       instance which is the components of vector v multiplied with d.
   SbVec3f operator/ (const SbVec3f & v, float d) [related] Returns an SbVec3f
       instance which is the components of vector v divided on the scalar
       factor d.
   SbVec3f operator+ (const SbVec3f & v1, const SbVec3f & v2) [related]
       Returns an SbVec3f instance which is the sum of vectors v1 and v2.
   SbVec3f operator- (const SbVec3f & v1, const SbVec3f & v2) [related]
       Returns an SbVec3f instance which is vector v2 subtracted from vector
       v1.
   int operator== (const SbVec3f & v1, const SbVec3f & v2) [related] Returns 1
       if v1 and v2 are exactly equal, 0 otherwise.
       See also:
           equals().

   int operator!= (const SbVec3f & v1, const SbVec3f & v2) [related] Returns 1
       if v1 and v2 are not equal, 0 if they are equal.
       See also:
           equals().

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