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[Manta] Re: RayPacketData::minT


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  • From: Li-Ta Lo < >
  • To: Thiago Ize < >
  • Cc:
  • Subject: [Manta] Re: RayPacketData::minT
  • Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:47:02 -0600
  • Organization: Los Alamos National Lab

On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 17:20 -0600, Thiago Ize wrote:
> Looking at Raypacket.cc we see:
> 
> void RayPacket::actualComputeHitPositions()
> {
> <snip>
>         for(int i = rayBegin; i < rayEnd; i++){
>                 for(int j=0;j<3;j++)
>                         data->hitPosition[j][i] = data->origin[j][i] + 
> data->direction[j][i] * data->minT[i];
>         }
> <snip>
> }
> 
> So, minT is what goes in the ray equation.

Is data->direction normalized? Can I compare minT between rays with
different directions and still say T1 > T2 so point 1 is further to
the eye than point 2?

Ollie





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