I havent figured out what the D-equation of a plane is. And im trying to write collision detection code (rewriting common techniques to suit my program). Now to the question: I need the D-part of the plane in a calculation, if I have understood it right, you can calculate it as: "-(origin ^ normal)" ^ = the dot product. Should a plane with origin(-100,0,-100) and normal(0,1,0) have D=0? Thank you for your time /Fredrik Olsson

After fiddling around with the equation a while, I realized that D is the distance from origin, how silly of me

Sorry to bother you with this

Thank you.

D is the distance only if the plane coefficients are normalized (A² + B² + C² = 1). Make a search in the forum archives for more details.

Cédric

thanks, ill check that out.

thanks, ill check that out.

notational nitpicking:
there is a mathematic operator called the wedge product, which is used like a ^ b. It operates on vectors, and gives vectors. When acting on two-vectors( [a,b] ^ [c,d]), it returns a scalar (one vector) ac-bd. When acting on three-vectors, it gives the cross product. On higher-dimensional vectors, it gives stranger results. I think that using the * or the . for a dot product is far less confusing...

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notational nitpicking:
there is a mathematic operator called the wedge product, which is used like a ^ b. It operates on vectors, and gives vectors. When acting on two-vectors( [a,b] ^ [c,d]), it returns a scalar (one vector) ac-bd. When acting on three-vectors, it gives the cross product. On higher-dimensional vectors, it gives stranger results. I think that using the * or the . for a dot product is far less confusing...

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Well yes, and it is far less confusing to use the terms one dimensional, two dimensional, or three dimensional (shortened to 1d, 2d, 3d) when describing vectors than to use one-vector, two-vector, and three-vector.