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Author Topic: I'm haveing trouble with some geometry  (Read 28610 times)

Nate_Bro

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I'm haveing trouble with some geometry
« on: January 08, 2008, 03:47:55 pm »
I'm working on a particle system, but I'm haveing trouble with reflections. I have colision detection, but when the particles need to change direction, my formula is not very good.

all i'm doing now is fliping the axis...

like (4,5) == (-4,5)

Thanks for any help you can provide,
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Re: I'm haveing trouble with some geometry
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2008, 01:20:33 pm »
You need to reflect the incomming vector off the plane of reflection.  Your computation assumes that the plane is x=0.  In general the direction of the outgoing vector is:

Vout = Vin + 2N*Dot(Vin, N)

where N is the plane normal, Vin is the normalized incomming direction and Vout is the outgoing direction,  (You need to normalize Vout after this computation.)

Here is a detailed description.  See equation (3) (but not that the normal is reversed from my formula so the subtract the terms instead of adding them).

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Reflection.html
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Re: I'm haveing trouble with some geometry
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2008, 06:22:45 pm »
when i read the first post i wasn't sure what you were asking, but now i get it.

had i known i would have said: to make bouncing realistic would require a bit of vector math, i don't know the specifics.

i believe steve has put it in pretty good terms
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Re: I'm haveing trouble with some geometry
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2008, 06:37:44 pm »
Thank you Steve, that helps a lot! I'm still new to vector math and normals, but I'm slowly learning :)
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Re: I'm haveing trouble with some geometry
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2013, 01:24:13 pm »
Quote from: Nate_Bro on January 11, 2008, 06:37:44 pm
Thank you Steve, that helps a lot! I'm still new to vector math and normals, but I'm slowly learning :)

I hear what you're saying about vector math and it's role in 3D modeling software like Anim8or. I wish that someone would post some articles on how Anim8or uses this information to do stuff in Anim8or. Steve, you created a quite awesome product with some very advanced features. I use Anim8or all the time now and seem to grow more fond of it the more that I play with it. Leroy.
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