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// The libMesh Finite Element Library.
// Copyright (C) 2002-2019 Benjamin S. Kirk, John W. Peterson, Roy H. Stogner
 
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// C++ includes
 
// Local includes
#include "libmesh/plane.h"
 
namespace libMesh
{
 
 
 
// ------------------------------------------------------------
// Plane class member functions
Plane::Plane ()
{
}
 
 
 
Plane::Plane (const Point & p,
              const Point & n)
{
  this->create_from_point_normal (p, n);
}
 
 
 
Plane::Plane (const Point & p0,
              const Point & p1,
              const Point & p2)
{
  this->create_from_three_points (p0, p1, p2);
}
 
 
 
Plane::Plane (const Plane & other_plane) :
  Surface()
{
  this->create_from_point_normal(other_plane._point,
                                 other_plane._normal);
}
 
 
 
Plane::~Plane ()
{
}
 
 
 
void Plane::create_from_point_normal (const Point & p, const Point & n)
{
  _normal = n.unit();
  _point  = p;
}
 
 
 
void Plane::create_from_three_points (const Point & p0,
                                      const Point & p1,
                                      const Point & p2)
{
  // Just use p0 for the point.
  _point = p0;
 
  const Point e0 = p1 - p0;
  const Point e1 = p2 - p0;
  const Point n  = e0.cross(e1);
 
  _normal = n.unit();
}
 
 
 
void Plane::xy_plane (const Real zpos)
{
  const Point p (0., 0., zpos);
  const Point n (0., 0., 1.);
 
  _point  = p;
  _normal = n;
}
 
 
 
void Plane::xz_plane (const Real ypos)
{
  const Point p (0., ypos, 0.);
  const Point n (0., 1., 0.);
 
  _point  = p;
  _normal = n;
}
 
 
 
void Plane::yz_plane (const Real xpos)
{
  const Point p (xpos, 0., 0.);
  const Point n (1., 0., 0.);
 
  _point  = p;
  _normal = n;
}
 
 
 
bool Plane::above_surface (const Point & p) const
{
  // Create a vector from the surface to point p;
  const Point w = p - _point;
 
  // The point is above the surface if the projection
  // of that vector onto the normal is positive
  const Real proj = w*this->normal();
 
  if (proj > 0.)
    return true;
 
  return false;
}
 
 
 
bool Plane::below_surface (const Point & p) const
{
  return ( !this->above_surface (p) );
}
 
 
 
bool Plane::on_surface (const Point & p) const
{
  // Create a vector from the surface to point p;
  const Point w = p - _point;
 
  // If the projection of that vector onto the
  // plane's normal is 0 then the point is in
  // the plane.
  const Real proj = w * this->normal();
 
  if (std::abs(proj) < 1.e-10)
    return true;
 
  return false;
}
 
 
 
Point Plane::closest_point (const Point & p) const
{
  // Create a vector from the surface to point p;
  const Point w = p - _point;
 
  // The closest point in the plane to point p
  // is in the negative normal direction
  // a distance w (dot) p.
  const Point cp = p - this->normal()*(w*this->normal());
 
  return cp;
}
 
 
 
Point Plane::unit_normal (const Point &) const
{
  return _normal;
}
 
const Point & Plane::get_planar_point() const
{
  return _point;
}
 
} // namespace libMesh