On 01/26/2013 08:56 AM, clipka wrote:
>
> Not a formula, but an algorithm:
>
> (0) [optional, just for speed] If the cubes' bounding boxes don't
> intersect, the cubes don't intersect.
>
> (1) If any corner of the smaller cube is inside the larger cube, they
> intersect. (No need to test the other way round.)
>
> (2) If any edge of the smaller cube intersects any surface of the larger
> cube, they intersect. (Again no need to test the other way round.)
>
> (3) In any other case, they don't intersect.
>
>
> Note that this only works for cubes, not for generic boxes.
>
Hi Christoph,
I'm likely missing some detail here as I do not follow the reason for 
larger and smaller naming. In any case, I am wondering in your outline 
about the case where a corner of the "larger" cube pokes through the 
surface of the smaller cube?
Bill P.

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