Package Scientific :: Package Geometry :: Module Objects3D :: Class Plane

Class Plane

GeometricalObject3D --+
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                     Plane

Plane

Instance Methods

__init__(self, *args)
There are two calling patterns:

float

distanceFrom(self, point)

projectionOf(self, point)
Returns: the projection of point onto the plane

Plane

rotate(self, axis, angle)
Returns: a copy of the plane rotated around the coordinate origin

float or NoneType

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

Method Details

There are two calling patterns:

Plane(point, normal), where point (a vector) is an arbitrary point in the plane and normal (a vector) indicated the direction normal to the plane.
Plane(p1, p2, p3), where each argument is a vector and describes a point in the plane. The three points may not be colinear.

Parameters:

Returns: float

Overrides: GeometricalObject3D.distanceFrom

(inherited documentation)

Parameters:

the projection of point onto the plane

Parameters:

Returns: Plane

a copy of the plane rotated around the coordinate origin

Returns: float or NoneType: the volume of the object. The result is None for unbounded objects and zero for lower-dimensional objects.
Overrides: GeometricalObject3D.volume: (inherited documentation)