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- From: jack@shograf.com (Jack Ritter)
- Subject: sign of cross product
- Organization: SHOgraphics
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:11:35 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.171135.19167@shograf.com>
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- In article <1992Nov16.041020.28568@u.washington.edu>, chuckb@stein.u.washington.edu (Ch
- arles Bass) writes:
- > The way I determine if a point is within a triangle is using the
- > cross-product test. However, it is not as expesive as one
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- > You would ignore the z components of the points. This reduces each
- > stuff deleted....
- > cross-product to two multiplies and a subract as opposed to 6
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >
- Half the time, you dont have to do the 2 multiplies.
- See Graphics Gems 2, page 392.
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