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  figureing out the x,y, and z rotation of a right triangle?  (Read 1358 times)
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Offline CyanPrime
« Posted 2010-12-06 21:54:34 »

I have a triangle made of 3 vertices. I need to know what the angle of the triangle is.

How would I go about it?
Offline pjt33
« Reply #1 - Posted 2010-12-06 22:41:42 »

Cos rule. a^2 = b^2 + c^2 - 2 b c cos A

Edit: although if you're talking about a situation where numerical analysis matters then read http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/Triangle.pdf
Offline SimonH
« Reply #2 - Posted 2010-12-06 22:44:47 »

or the dot product would do it.

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Offline CyanPrime
« Reply #3 - Posted 2010-12-07 04:09:56 »

My bad. It's 2 points, not a triangle  persecutioncomplex

Alright, so I got two vectors that each contain a x y and z. We'll call them a and b.

I create a new point in the middle of the two points.

Vector3 middle = new Vector3(//order x,y,z
        (max.getX() - min.getX())/2,
        (max.getY() - min.getY())/2,
        (max.getZ() - min.getZ())/2
        );

To get the y angle I use the formula Math.toDegrees(Math.atan2(middle.getX(), middle.getZ()))
Offline pjt33
« Reply #4 - Posted 2010-12-07 10:57:44 »

I create a new point in the middle of the two points.

Vector3 middle = new Vector3(//order x,y,z
        (max.getX() - min.getX())/2,
        (max.getY() - min.getY())/2,
        (max.getZ() - min.getZ())/2
        );
That's not in the middle, except in some special cases. It's half the vector from one to the other. The division by 2 is pretty pointless if the only thing you're going to do is call atan2.

I'm still not quite sure what you're trying to do. Compute Euler angles for a look vector?
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« Reply #5 - Posted 2010-12-07 12:46:07 »

I'm still not understanding the question.  If it is "What's the angle between 'A' & 'B'", then like SimonH's reply - use the dot product (SEE: Geometric interpretation).
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