Re: getting world coordinates from a pfHit..

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From: Uwe Wössner (woessner++at++hlrs.de)
Date: 06/23/2001 01:20:20

Hi Bryan,

try this:

pfMatrix xform;
pfVec3 hitPoint
hits[0][0]->query(PFQHIT_XFORM, &xform);
hitPoint.fullXformPt(result.point, xform);

(see man pfHit for details)

  Uwe
Bryan Housel wrote:

> If you have a pfHit containing an intersection, you can get the local
> point of intersection by querying the pfHit with the PFQHIT_POINT
> flag... But what if I want the point in world coordinates?.. I know I
> can use PFQHIT_PATH to get the path to the object and, using the SCS and
> DCS nodes, determine where that point would be, but is this the best
> way?
>
> I looked at pfGeoSet.h, and the transformation to world coordinates is
> actually stored in the pfHit, but as protected data.. Shouldn't there be
> a way to get at it?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>
>
> 

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