Tweaks to get_unit_normal

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Grant Sanderson 2022-12-28 11:16:24 -08:00
parent 6204011fe4
commit c8c96fe645

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vec3 get_unit_normal(in vec3[3] points){
float tol = 1e-6;
vec3 v1 = normalize(points[1] - points[0]);
vec3 v2 = normalize(points[2] - points[0]);
vec3 v2 = normalize(points[2] - points[1]);
vec3 cp = cross(v1, v2);
float cp_norm = length(cp);
if(cp_norm < tol){
// Three points form a line, so find a normal vector
// to that line in the plane shared with the z-axis
vec3 k_hat = vec3(0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
vec3 new_cp = cross(cross(v2, k_hat), v2);
vec3 comb = v1 + v2;
vec3 new_cp = cross(cross(comb, k_hat), comb);
float new_cp_norm = length(new_cp);
if(new_cp_norm < tol){
// We only come here if all three points line up
// on the z-axis.
return vec3(0.0, -1.0, 0.0);
// return k_hat;
}
return new_cp / new_cp_norm;
}