Class GeometricalObject3D

Known Subclasses:

Geometrical object in 3D space

This is an abstract base class; to create instances, use one of the subclasses.

Instance Methods

float

distanceFrom(self, point)

bool

hasPoint(self, point)
Returns: True if point is in the object

GeometricalObject3D or NoneType

intersectWith(self, other)
Returns: the geometrical object that results from the intersection with other.

float or NoneType

volume(self)
Returns: the volume of the object.

Method Details

distanceFrom(self, point)

Parameters:

point (Scientific.Geometry.Vector @returns the distance of point from the closest point of the object) - a point in space

Returns: float

hasPoint(self, point)

Parameters:

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

Returns: bool

True if point is in the object

intersectWith(self, other)

Parameters:

other (GeometricalObject3D) - another geometrical object

Returns: GeometricalObject3D or NoneType

the geometrical object that results from the intersection with other. If there is no intersection, the result is None.

Note: Intersection is not implemented for all possible pairs of objects. A 'ValueError' is raised for combinations that haven't been implemented yet.

volume(self)

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