D3DXPlaneDot Function

Computes the dot product of a plane and a 4-D vector.

Syntax

FLOAT D3DXPlaneDot(      

    CONST D3DXPLANE *pP,
    CONST D3DXVECTOR4 *pV
);

Parameters

pP

[in] Pointer to a source D3DXPLANE structure.

pV

[in] Pointer to a D3DXVECTOR4 structure.

Return Value

The dot product of the plane and 4-D vector.

Remarks

Given a plane (a, b, c, d) and a 4-D vector (x, y, z, w) the return value of this function is a*x + b*y + c*z + d*w. The D3DXPlaneDot function is useful for determining the plane's relationship with a homogeneous coordinate. For example, this function could be used to determine if a particular coordinate is on a particular plane, or on which side of a particular plane a particular coordinate lies.

Function Information

Header	d3dx9math.h
Import library	d3dx9.lib
Minimum operating systems	Windows 98

See Also

D3DXPlaneDotCoord, D3DXPlaneDotNormal