Software Customisation Reference Manual
Summary of Objects, Members and Methods : Object Type Details : POINTVECTOR Object
POINTVECTOR Object
Members
 
Name
Type
Purpose
Direction
DIRECTION Get/Set
Direction of point
Position
POSITION Get/Set
Origin of point
Table 2: 83.
POINTVECTOR Object Members
Definition Methods
 
Name
Result
Purpose
Pointvector( POSITION, DIRECTION)
POINTVECTOR
Creates a POINTVECTOR with the given POSITION and DIRECTION
String()
STRING
Returns a POINTVECTOR as a string.
Figure 2:47.
POINTVECTOR Object Methods
Figure 2:48.
POINTVECTOR Object Definition
Methods that Return POINTVECTORs
 
Name
Result
Purpose
Offset(REAL)
POINTVECTOR
Returns the point vector offset in its direction by the passed distance
Towards(POSITION)
POINTVECTOR
Returns the point vector with the original position and the direction constructed from the position directed to the passed position
Through(POSITION)
POINTVECTOR
Returns the point vector at the intersection of the point line with a plane normal to the point line through the passed position
Table 2: 84.
POINTVECTOR Object Methods that Return POINTVECTORs
Figure 2:49.
POINTVECTORs Returned from POINTVECTOR Object Methods
Methods that Return POSITIONs
 
Name
Result
Purpose
Intersection(POINTVECTOR)
POSITION
Returns the intersection position of the point vectors.
Intersection(LINE)
POSITION
Returns the intersection position of the point vector with the supplied line.
Intersection(PLANE)
POSITION
Returns the position at the intersection of the point vector with the supplied plane
Table 2: 85.
POINTVECTOR Object Methods that Return POSITIONs
Figure 2:50.
POINTVECTOR Intersection with a PLANE
Miscellaneous Methods
 
Name
Result
Purpose
Intersections(ARC)
ARRAY OF POSITIONS
Returns the positions at the intersection of the point vector with the supplied arc.
Plane()
PLANE
Returns a plane with an origin equal to the position of the point vector and a normal direction equal to the point vector direction.
Line(REAL)
LINE
Returns a line with a start position equal to the position of the point vector, a direction equal to the direction of the point vector and a length equal to the supplied length.
Table 2: 86.
POINTVECTOR Object Miscellaneous Methods
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