This removes the `From<Vec2/3>` implementations for the direction types.
It doesn't seem right to have when it only works if the vector is
nonzero and finite and produces NaN otherwise.
Added `Direction2d/3d::new` which uses `Vec2/3::try_normalize` to
guarantee it returns either a valid direction or `None`.
This should make it impossible to create an invalid direction, which I
think was the intention with these types.
# Objective
This PR adds some helpers for `Triangle2d` to work with its winding
order. This could also be extended to polygons (and `Triangle3d` once
it's added).
## Solution
- Add `WindingOrder` enum with `Clockwise`, `Counterclockwise` and
`Invalid` variants
- `Invalid` is for cases where the winding order can not be reliably
computed, i.e. the points lie on a single line and the area is zero
- Add `Triangle2d::winding_order` method that uses a signed surface area
to determine the winding order
- Add `Triangle2d::reverse` method that reverses the winding order by
swapping the second and third vertices
The API looks like this:
```rust
let mut triangle = Triangle2d::new(
Vec2::new(0.0, 2.0),
Vec2::new(-0.5, -1.2),
Vec2::new(-1.0, -1.0),
);
assert_eq!(triangle.winding_order(), WindingOrder::Clockwise);
// Reverse winding order
triangle.reverse();
assert_eq!(triangle.winding_order(), WindingOrder::Counterclockwise);
```
I also added tests to make sure the methods work correctly. For now,
they live in the same file as the primitives.
## Open questions
- Should it be `Counterclockwise` or `CounterClockwise`? The first one
is more correct but perhaps a bit less readable. Counter-clockwise is
also a valid spelling, but it seems to be a lot less common than
counterclockwise.
- Is `WindingOrder::Invalid` a good name? Parry uses
`TriangleOrientation::Degenerate`, but I'm not a huge fan, at least as a
non-native English speaker. Any better suggestions?
- Is `WindingOrder` fine in `bevy_math::primitives`? It's not specific
to a dimension, so I put it there for now.
# Add and implement constructors for Primitives
- Adds more Primitive types and adds a constructor for almost all of
them
- Works towards finishing #10572
## Solution
- Created new primitives
- Torus
- Conical Frustum
- Cone
- Ellipse
- Implemented constructors (`Primitive::new`) for almost every single
other primitive.
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Co-authored-by: Joona Aalto <jondolf.dev@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
# Objective
- Implement a subset of
https://github.com/bevyengine/rfcs/blob/main/rfcs/12-primitive-shapes.md#feature-name-primitive-shapes
## Solution
- Define a very basic set of primitives in bevy_math
- Assume a 0,0,0 origin for most shapes
- Use radius and half extents to avoid unnecessary computational
overhead wherever they get used
- Provide both Boxed and const generics variants for shapes with
variable sizes
- Boxed is useful if a 3rd party crate wants to use something like
enum-dispatch for all supported primitives
- Const generics is useful when just working on a single primitive, as
it causes no allocs
#### Some discrepancies from the RFC:
- Box was changed to Cuboid, because Box is already used for an alloc
type
- Skipped Cone because it's unclear where the origin should be for
different uses
- Skipped Wedge because it's too niche for an initial PR (we also don't
implement Torus, Pyramid or a Death Star (there's an SDF for that!))
- Skipped Frustum because while it would be a useful math type, it's not
really a common primitive
- Skipped Triangle3d and Quad3d because those are just rotated 2D shapes
## Future steps
- Add more primitives
- Add helper methods to make primitives easier to construct (especially
when half extents are involved)
- Add methods to calculate AABBs for primitives (useful for physics, BVH
construction, for the mesh AABBs, etc)
- Add wrappers for common and cheap operations, like extruding 2D shapes
and translating them
- Use the primitives to generate meshes
- Provide signed distance functions and gradients for primitives (maybe)
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## Changelog
- Added a collection of primitives to the bevy_math crate
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Co-authored-by: Joona Aalto <jondolf.dev@gmail.com>