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Return a unit normal vector and constant that define a specified plane.
PLANES
Variable I/O Description -------- --- -------------------------------------------------- plane I A CSPICE plane. normal, constant O A normal vector and constant defining the geometric plane represented by plane.
plane is a CSPICE plane.
normal, constant are, respectively, a unit normal vector and constant that define the geometric plane represented by plane. Let the symbol < a, b > indicate the inner product of vectors a and b; then the geometric plane is the set of vectors x in three-dimensional space that satisfy < x, normal > = constant. normal is a unit vector. constant is the distance of the plane from the origin; constant * normal is the closest point in the plane to the origin.
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CSPICE geometry routines that deal with planes use the `plane' data type to represent input and output planes. This data type makes the subroutine interfaces simpler and more uniform. The CSPICE routines that produce CSPICE planes from data that define a plane are: nvc2pl_c ( Normal vector and constant to plane ) nvp2pl_c ( Normal vector and point to plane ) psv2pl_c ( Point and spanning vectors to plane ) The CSPICE routines that convert CSPICE planes to data that define a plane are: pl2nvc_c ( Plane to normal vector and constant ) pl2nvp_c ( Plane to normal vector and point ) pl2psv_c ( Plane to point and spanning vectors )
1) Given a point in a plane and a normal vector, find the distance of the plane from the origin. We make a `plane' from the point and normal, then convert the plane to a unit normal and constant. The constant is the distance of the plane from the origin. nvp2pl_c ( normal, point, &plane ); pl2nvc_c ( &plane, normal, &constant ); 2) Apply a linear transformation represented by the matrix m to a plane represented by the normal vector n and the constant c. Find a normal vector and constant for the transformed plane. /. Make a CSPICE plane from n and c, and then find a point in the plane and spanning vectors for the plane. n need not be a unit vector. ./ nvc2pl_c ( n, c, &plane ); pl2psv_c ( &plane, point, span1, span2 ); /. Apply the linear transformation to the point and spanning vectors. All we need to do is multiply these vectors by m, since for any linear transformation T, T ( point + t1 * span1 + t2 * span2 ) = T (point) + t1 * T(span1) + t2 * T(span2), which means that T(point), T(span1), and T(span2) are a point and spanning vectors for the transformed plane. ./ mxv_c ( m, point, tpoint ); mxv_c ( m, span1, tspan1 ); mxv_c ( m, span2, tspan2 ); /. Make a new CSPICE plane tplane from the transformed point and spanning vectors, and find a unit normal and constant for this new plane. ./ psv2pl_c ( tpoint, tspan1, tspan2, &tplane ); pl2nvc_c ( &tplane, tn, &tc );
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Error free. 1) The input plane MUST have been created by one of the CSPICE routines nvc2pl_c ( Normal vector and constant to plane ) nvp2pl_c ( Normal vector and point to plane ) psv2pl_c ( Point and spanning vectors to plane ) Otherwise, the results of this routine are unpredictable.
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N.J. Bachman (JPL)
[1] `Calculus and Analytic Geometry', Thomas and Finney.
-CSPICE Version 1.0.1, 06-FEB-2003 (EDW) Trivial correction to header docs. -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 05-MAR-1999 (NJB)
plane to normal vector and constant