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14 | <h1>QVM: Quaternions, Vectors, Matrices</h1> | |
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19 | <div class="RenoIncludeDIV"><div class="RenoAutoDIV"><h3>Quaternions, Vectors, Matrices</h3> | |
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21 | <p>Out of the box Boost QVM defines generic yet simple <i><span class="RenoLink"><a href="quat.html">quat</a></span></i>, <i><span class="RenoLink"><a href="vec.html">vec</a></span></i> and <i><span class="RenoLink"><a href="mat.html">mat</a></span></i> types. For example, the following snippet creates a quaternion object that rotates around the X axis:</p> | |
22 | <pre>#include <<span class="RenoLink"><a href="boost_qvm_quat_hpp.html">boost/qvm/quat.hpp</a></span>> | |
23 | #include <<span class="RenoLink"><a href="boost_qvm_quat_operations_hpp.html">boost/qvm/quat_operations.hpp</a></span>> | |
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25 | .... | |
26 | <span class="RenoLink"><a href="quat.html">quat</a></span><float> rx=<span class="RenoLink"><a href="rotx_quat_scalar_.html">rotx_quat</a></span>(3.14159f);</pre> | |
27 | <p>Similarly, a matrix that translates by a given vector can be created as follows:</p> | |
28 | <pre>#include <<span class="RenoLink"><a href="boost_qvm_mat_hpp.html">boost/qvm/mat.hpp</a></span>> | |
29 | #include <<span class="RenoLink"><a href="boost_qvm_vec_hpp.html">boost/qvm/vec.hpp</a></span>> | |
30 | #include <<span class="RenoLink"><a href="boost_qvm_map_vec_mat_hpp.html">boost/qvm/map_vec_mat.hpp</a></span>> | |
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32 | .... | |
33 | <span class="RenoLink"><a href="vec.html">vec</a></span><float,3> v={0,0,7}; | |
34 | <span class="RenoLink"><a href="mat.html">mat</a></span><float,4,4> tr=<span class="RenoLink"><a href="translation_mat.html">translation_mat</a></span>(v);</pre> | |
35 | <p>The usual quaternion, vector and matrix operations work on these Boost QVM types, however <i>the operations are decoupled from any specific types</i>: they work on any suitable type that has been registered by specializing the <i><span class="RenoLink"><a href="quat_traits.html">quat_traits</a></span></i>, <i><span class="RenoLink"><a href="vec_traits.html">vec_traits</a></span></i> and <i><span class="RenoLink"><a href="mat_traits.html">mat_traits</a></span></i> templates.</p> | |
36 | <p>For example, a user-defined 3D vector type <i>float3</i> can be introduced to Boost QVM as follows:</p> | |
37 | <div class="RenoIncludeDIV"><pre>#include <<span class="RenoLink"><a href="boost_qvm_vec_traits_hpp.html">boost/qvm/vec_traits.hpp</a></span>> | |
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39 | struct float3 { float a[3]; }; | |
40 | ||
41 | namespace boost | |
42 | { | |
43 | namespace <span class="RenoLink"><a href="qvm.html">qvm</a></span> | |
44 | { | |
45 | template <> | |
46 | struct <span class="RenoLink"><a href="vec_traits.html">vec_traits</a></span><float3> | |
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48 | static int const <span class="RenoLink"><a href="vec_traits_Vector_dim.html">dim</a></span>=3; | |
49 | typedef float <span class="RenoLink"><a href="vec_traits_V_scalar_type.html">scalar_type</a></span>; | |
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51 | template <int I> static inline <span class="RenoLink"><a href="vec_traits_V_scalar_type.html">scalar_type</a></span> & <span class="RenoLink"><a href="vec_traits_V_write_element.html">write_element</a></span>( float3 & v ) { return v.a[I]; } | |
52 | template <int I> static inline <span class="RenoLink"><a href="vec_traits_V_scalar_type.html">scalar_type</a></span> <span class="RenoLink"><a href="vec_traits_V_read_element.html">read_element</a></span>( float3 const & v ) { return v.a[I]; } | |
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54 | static inline <span class="RenoLink"><a href="vec_traits_V_scalar_type.html">scalar_type</a></span> & <span class="RenoLink"><a href="vec_traits_V_write_element_idx.html">write_element_idx</a></span>( int i, float3 & v ) { return v.a[i]; } //optional | |
55 | static inline <span class="RenoLink"><a href="vec_traits_V_scalar_type.html">scalar_type</a></span> <span class="RenoLink"><a href="vec_traits_V_read_element_idx.html">read_element_idx</a></span>( int i, float3 const & v ) { return v.a[i]; } //optional | |
56 | }; | |
57 | } | |
58 | }</pre> | |
59 | </div><p>After a similar specialization of the <i><span class="RenoLink"><a href="mat_traits.html">mat_traits</a></span></i> template for a user-defined 3x3 matrix type <i>float33</i>, the full range of vector and matrix operations defined by Boost QVM headers becomes available automatically:</p> | |
60 | <pre>float3 v; | |
61 | <span class="RenoLink"><a href="accessing_vector_elements.html">X</a></span>(v) = 0; | |
62 | <span class="RenoLink"><a href="accessing_vector_elements.html">Y</a></span>(v) = 0; | |
63 | <span class="RenoLink"><a href="accessing_vector_elements.html">Z</a></span>(v) = 7; | |
64 | float vmag = <span class="RenoLink"><a href="mag_vec_.html">mag</a></span>(v); | |
65 | float33 m = <span class="RenoLink"><a href="rotx_mat_scalar_.html">rotx_mat</a></span><3>(3.14159f); | |
66 | float3 vrot = m <span class="RenoLink"><a href="operator_times_mat_vec_.html">*</a></span> v;</pre> | |
67 | <p>User-defined quaternion types are similarly introduced to Boost QVM by specializing the <i><span class="RenoLink"><a href="quat_traits.html">quat_traits</a></span></i> template.</p> | |
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