Package Scientific :: Package Geometry :: Module Objects3D :: Class Plane

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Class Plane

GeometricalObject3D --+
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                     Plane

Plane

Instance Methods

__init__(self, *args)
There are two calling patterns:

float distanceFrom(self, point)

Scientific.Geometry.Vector projectionOf(self, point)
Returns the projection of point onto the plane

Plane rotate(self, axis, angle)
Returns a copy of the plane rotated around the coordinate origin

float or NoneType volume(self)
Returns the volume of the object.

Inherited from GeometricalObject3D: hasPoint, intersectWith

Method Details

init(self, args)
(Constructor)*

There are two calling patterns:

Plane(point, normal), where point (a vector) is an arbitrary point in the plane and normal (a vector) indicated the direction normal to the plane.
Plane(p1, p2, p3), where each argument is a vector and describes a point in the plane. The three points may not be colinear.

distanceFrom(self, point)

Returns: float

Overrides: GeometricalObject3D.distanceFrom: (inherited documentation)

projectionOf(self, point)

Parameters:

point (Scientific.Geometry.Vector) - a point in space

Returns: Scientific.Geometry.Vector: the projection of point onto the plane

rotate(self, axis, angle)

Parameters:

axis (Scientific.Geometry.Vector) - the rotation axis
angle (float) - the rotation angle

Returns: Plane: a copy of the plane rotated around the coordinate origin

volume(self)

Returns: float or NoneType: the volume of the object. The result is None for unbounded objects and zero for lower-dimensional objects.

Overrides: GeometricalObject3D.volume: (inherited documentation)