Abstract PL physics convex hull body. More...

Inheritance diagram for PLPhysics::BodyConvexHull:

Public Member Functions
virtual PLPHYSICS_API	~BodyConvexHull ()
	Destructor.
PLPHYSICS_API PLCore::String	GetMesh () const
	Returns the collision mesh.
PLPHYSICS_API const PLMath::Vector3 &	GetMeshScale () const
	Returns the mesh scale.
Protected Member Functions
PLPHYSICS_API	BodyConvexHull (World &cWorld, BodyImpl &cBodyImpl, const PLCore::String &sMesh, const PLMath::Vector3 &vMeshScale)
	Constructor.
Protected Attributes
PLCore::String	m_sMesh
PLMath::Vector3	m_vMeshScale

Detailed Description

Abstract PL physics convex hull body.

Remarks:: Convex hulls are the solution to collision primitive that can not be easily represented by and implicit solid. The implicit solid primitives (spheres, cubes, cylinders, capsules, cones, etc.), have constant time complexity for contact calculation and are also extremely efficient on memory usage, therefore the application get perfect smooth behavior. However for cases where the shape is too difficult or a polygonal representation is desired convex hulls are the ultimate solution. For example it is a mistake to model a 10000 point sphere as a convex hull, when the perfect sphere is available.
There is not upper limit as to how many vertices the application can pass to make a hull shape, however for performance and memory usage concern it is the application responsibility to keep the max vertex at the possible minimum. The minimum number of vertices should be equal or larger than 4 and it is the application responsibility that the points are part of a solid geometry. Unpredictable results will occur if all points happen to be collinear or coplanar.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual PLPHYSICS_API PLPhysics::BodyConvexHull::~BodyConvexHull ( ) [virtual]

Destructor.

PLPHYSICS_API PLPhysics::BodyConvexHull::BodyConvexHull	(	World &	cWorld,
		BodyImpl &	cBodyImpl,
		const PLCore::String &	sMesh,
		const PLMath::Vector3 &	vMeshScale
	)		`[protected]`

Constructor.

Parameters:

[in]	cWorld	World this body is in
[in]	cBodyImpl	Reference to the physics API specific body implementation
[in]	sMesh	Collision mesh
[in]	vMeshScale	Mesh scale

PLPHYSICS_API PLCore::String PLPhysics::BodyConvexHull::GetMesh ( ) const

Returns the collision mesh.

PLPHYSICS_API const PLMath::Vector3& PLPhysics::BodyConvexHull::GetMeshScale ( ) const

Returns the mesh scale.

Collision mesh

Mesh scale

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