v_vector.h

Go to the documentation of this file.

/*=========================================================================
  Original version -- Copyright (c) 2006 Sandia Corporation.
  All rights reserved.
  See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.

     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.

=========================================================================*/

#ifndef VERDICT_VECTOR
#define VERDICT_VECTOR

#include "moab/verdict.h"
#include 
#include 

// computes the dot product of 3d vectors
inline double dot_product( double vec1[], double vec2[] )
{
    double answer = vec1[0] * vec2[0] + vec1[1] * vec2[1] + vec1[2] * vec2[2];
    return answer;
}

// normalize a vector
inline void normalize( double vec[] )
{
    double x = sqrt( vec[0] * vec[0] + vec[1] * vec[1] + vec[2] * vec[2] );

    vec[0] /= x;
    vec[1] /= x;
    vec[2] /= x;
}

// computes the cross product
inline double* cross_product( double vec1[], double vec2[], double answer[] )
{
    answer[0] = vec1[1] * vec2[2] - vec1[2] * vec2[1];
    answer[1] = vec1[2] * vec2[0] - vec1[0] * vec2[2];
    answer[2] = vec1[0] * vec2[1] - vec1[1] * vec2[0];
    return answer;
}

// computes the length of a vector
inline double length( double vec[] )
{
    return sqrt( vec[0] * vec[0] + vec[1] * vec[1] + vec[2] * vec[2] );
}

// computes the square length of a vector
inline double length_squared( double vec[] )
{
    return ( vec[0] * vec[0] + vec[1] * vec[1] + vec[2] * vec[2] );
}

// computes the interior angle between 2 vectors in degrees
inline double interior_angle( double vec1[], double vec2[] )
{
    double cosAngle, angleRad;
    double length1 = length( vec1 );
    double length2 = length( vec2 );
    assert( ( length1 > 0.0 && length2 > 0.0 ) );

    cosAngle = dot_product( vec1, vec2 ) / ( length1 * length2 );

    if( ( cosAngle > 1.0 ) && ( cosAngle < 1.0001 ) )
    {
        cosAngle = 1.0;
    }
    else if( cosAngle < -1.0 && cosAngle > -1.0001 )
    {
        cosAngle = -1.0;
    }
    else
    {
        assert( cosAngle < 1.0001 && cosAngle > -1.0001 );
    }

    angleRad = acos( cosAngle );
    return ( ( angleRad * 180. ) / VERDICT_PI );
}

#endif