intersectn {geometry}R Documentation

Compute convex hull of intersection of two sets of points

Description

Compute convex hull of intersection of two sets of points

Usage

intersectn(ps1, ps2, tol = 0, return.chs = TRUE)

Arguments

ps1

First set of points

ps2

Second set of points

tol

Tolerance used to determine if a feasible point lies within the convex hulls of both points and to round off the points generated by the halfspace intersection, which sometimes produces points very close together.

return.chs

If TRUE (default) return the convex hulls of the first and second sets of points, as well as the convex hull of the intersection.

Value

List containing named elements: ch1, the convex hull of the first set of points, with volumes, areas and normals (see convhulln; ch2, the convex hull of the first set of points, with volumes, areas and normals; ps, the intersection points of convex hulls ch1 and ch2; and ch, the convex hull of the intersection points, with volumes, areas and normals.

Author(s)

David Sterratt

See Also

convhulln, halfspacen, inhulln

Examples

# Two overlapping boxes
ps1 <- rbox(0, C=0.5)
ps2 <- rbox(0, C=0.5) + 0.5
out <- intersectn(ps1, ps2)
message(paste("Volume of 1st convex hull:", out$ch1$vol))
message(paste("Volume of 2nd convex hull:", out$ch2$vol))
message(paste("Volume of intersection convex hull:", out$ch$vol))
[Package geometry version 0.4.0 Index]