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From: Ron Parker
Subject: Re: How to find the equation of a plane from three points?
Date: 23 Feb 2000 08:26:10
Message: <38b3dff2@news.povray.org>
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 01:08:13 -0500, Serge LAROCQUE wrote:
>Tsk tsk. depending on a TI89.. Ah heck I admit it, I use a HP48G (no, not
>the GX)

I use a Radio Shack (Casio) EC-4023.  You kids today and your Turing Complete
calculators...

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From: Tor Olav Kristensen
Subject: Re: How to find the equation of a plane from three points?
Date: 23 Feb 2000 12:54:10
Message: <38B41DBE.1FDDDC24@hotmail.com>
Or just:

#macro MakePlane(a, b, c)

  plane {
    vcross((b)-(a), (c)-(a)), 0
    translate a
  }

#end // macro MakePlane


Tor Olav Kristensen

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Josh English wrote:

> This is a macro I found somewhere on this:
> #macro MakePlane(a,b,c)
>   #local n=vnormalize(vcross((b)-(a),(c)-(a)));
>   #local o=vdot((a),n);
>   plane {n,o pigment { onion} }
> #end
>
> #declare a = <-1,1,0>;
> #declare b = <1,0,-1>  ;
> #declare c = <2,0,1>;
> sphere { a 0.25 pigment { rgb <1,0,0> } }
> sphere { b 0.25 pigment { rgb <0,1,0> } }
> sphere { c 0.25 pigment { rgb <0,0,1> } }
>
> MakePlane(a,b,c)
>
> I know, too little, too late.
>
> Josh
>
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>
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From: Chris Huff
Subject: Re: How to find the equation of a plane from three points?
Date: 23 Feb 2000 15:50:10
Message: <chrishuff_99-AB3D82.15513423022000@news.povray.org>
In article <38b3dff2@news.povray.org>, ron### [at] povrayorg wrote:

> I use a Radio Shack (Casio) EC-4023.  You kids today and your Turing 
> Complete calculators...

I have a Casio CFX-9850G 3-color graphing calculator. I would rather 
have gotten one of the higher-end TI models though...

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