[Interest] Rotating leaves

[Igor Mironchik]

Vectors are normalized.


On 31.03.2018 19:44, Igor Mironchik wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Sorry for the inaccuracy...
>
> Task
> On 31.03.2018 12:44, Igor Mironchik wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Not sure how, but I did:
>>
>> static inline bool lessZero( const QVector3D & v )
>> {
>>     return ( v.x() < 0.0f || v.y() < 0.0f || v.z() < 0.0f );
>> }
>>
>>
>> ... Sorry for skipped code, just hope that I'm clear.
>>
>>
>> if( lessZero( branch ) )
>>         plainAngle = -plainAngle;
>>
>>
>> And seems that with inverting angle of rotation of leaf's plain to 
>> branch on less zero components in branch vector always set leaf 
>> perpendicularly to branch. Could anybody explain the math here, please?
>>
>> Not sure in this solution but it works :)
>>
>>
>> On 31.03.2018 11:00, Igor Mironchik wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> The task is simple on one side and complicated on another. I need to 
>>> rotate a leaf around a branch to make leaf perpendicular to branch.
>>>
>>> In theory all is simple...
>>>
>>> Theory
>>>
>>> Great. In the code I have...
>>>
>>> const QVector3D branch(...);
>>> const QVector3D leaf( 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f );
>>> const QVector3D axis = QVector3D::crossProduct( branch, leaf );
>>> const float cosPlainAngle = QVector3D::dotProduct( branch, leaf );
>>> const float plainAngle = qRadiansToDegrees( std::acos( cosPlainAngle 
>>> ) );
>>> const QQuaternion quat = Qt3DCore::QTransform::fromAxisAndAngle( 
>>> axis, plainAngle );
>>> m_transform->setRotation( quat );
>>>
>>> But it works correctly not in all situations. In some cases I need 
>>> to increment plainAngle by 90.0 degrees.
>>>
>>> So my question is what should I care in the code to handle all 
>>> situations correctly?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>
>

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