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30 Jul 2024 02:21:37 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Intersection test for triangles  
From: Margus Ramst
Date: 24 May 2000 09:18:45
Message: <392BC8D9.154B1E64@peak.edu.ee>
Warp wrote:
> 
>   What is the equation for the intersection line of two planes?
> 

Well, I'm making this up on the go, but:

The function for a plane is

x * Normal.x + y * Normal.y + z * Normal.z - Distance = 0

And along the intersection line, the functions of the two planes would be equal,
so the function should be:

F(Plane1) - F(Plane2) = 0

-- 
Margus Ramst

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