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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> "stbenge" <myu### [at] hotmail com> schreef in bericht
> news:4c3ff1fb@news.povray.org...
>> Darren New wrote:
>>> stbenge wrote:
>>>> method for 3D line/plane intersection,
>>> I thought a cheat-sheet kind of thing for this sort of basic geometric
>>> equations would be handy. A book that goes into the basics of the
>>> geometric math in a way that's easy to look things up, for (say)
>>> inside/outside calcs, intersections of various simple shapes, calculating
>>> angles in various situations, and so on.
>> That would be nice. I'm making sure to chronicle certain discoveries for
>> future reference. This last problem involved placing an arc of the right
>> radius and angle into an Isosceles triangle so that both the end points of
>> the arc and points B and C of the triangle would meet. Simple math wasn't
>> cutting it, and I ended up sketching out a diagram to find a way to arrive
>> at the correct solution.
>>
>
> Not sure if this will help you, but have you tried Friedrich Lohmueller's
> insert menu add-ons? You can find them (with other goodies) at:
> http://www.f-lohmueller.de/pov_tut/pov__eng.htm
He's got an analytical geometry section, which is what I'm into now.
Thanks for showing me this :)
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