source: code/branches/release2012/src/external/bullet/LinearMath/btConvexHullComputer.h @ 10177

/*
Copyright (c) 2011 Ole Kniemeyer, MAXON, www.maxon.net

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*/

#ifndef BT_CONVEX_HULL_COMPUTER_H
#define BT_CONVEX_HULL_COMPUTER_H

#include "btVector3.h"
#include "btAlignedObjectArray.h"

/// Convex hull implementation based on Preparata and Hong
/// See http://code.google.com/p/bullet/issues/detail?id=275
/// Ole Kniemeyer, MAXON Computer GmbH
class btConvexHullComputer
{
        private:
                btScalar compute(const void* coords, bool doubleCoords, int stride, int count, btScalar shrink, btScalar shrinkClamp);

        public:

                class Edge
                {
                        private:
                                int next;
                                int reverse;
                                int targetVertex;

                                friend class btConvexHullComputer;

                        public:
                                int getSourceVertex() const
                                {
                                        return (this + reverse)->targetVertex;
                                }

                                int getTargetVertex() const
                                {
                                        return targetVertex;
                                }

                                const Edge* getNextEdgeOfVertex() const // counter-clockwise list of all edges of a vertex
                                {
                                        return this + next;
                                }

                                const Edge* getNextEdgeOfFace() const // clockwise list of all edges of a face
                                {
                                        return (this + reverse)->getNextEdgeOfVertex();
                                }

                                const Edge* getReverseEdge() const
                                {
                                        return this + reverse;
                                }
                };


                // Vertices of the output hull
                btAlignedObjectArray<btVector3> vertices;

                // Edges of the output hull
                btAlignedObjectArray<Edge> edges;

                // Faces of the convex hull. Each entry is an index into the "edges" array pointing to an edge of the face. Faces are planar n-gons
                btAlignedObjectArray<int> faces;

                /*
                Compute convex hull of "count" vertices stored in "coords". "stride" is the difference in bytes
                between the addresses of consecutive vertices. If "shrink" is positive, the convex hull is shrunken
                by that amount (each face is moved by "shrink" length units towards the center along its normal).
                If "shrinkClamp" is positive, "shrink" is clamped to not exceed "shrinkClamp * innerRadius", where "innerRadius"
                is the minimum distance of a face to the center of the convex hull.

                The returned value is the amount by which the hull has been shrunken. If it is negative, the amount was so large
                that the resulting convex hull is empty.

                The output convex hull can be found in the member variables "vertices", "edges", "faces".
                */
                btScalar compute(const float* coords, int stride, int count, btScalar shrink, btScalar shrinkClamp)
                {
                        return compute(coords, false, stride, count, shrink, shrinkClamp);
                }

                // same as above, but double precision
                btScalar compute(const double* coords, int stride, int count, btScalar shrink, btScalar shrinkClamp)
                {
                        return compute(coords, true, stride, count, shrink, shrinkClamp);
                }
};


#endif //BT_CONVEX_HULL_COMPUTER_H