Math Functions

Math functions include common vector and matrix operations. More specific noise and rendering functions can be found in the next two sections, Noise Functions and Auxiliary Functions.

    void mi_vector_neg(
        miVector    *r)

r := −r

mi_vector_add
    void mi_vector_add(
        miVector    *r,
        miVector    *a,
        miVector    *b)

r := a + b

mi_vector_sub
    void mi_vector_sub(
        miVector    *r,
        miVector    *a,
        miVector    *b)

r := a − b

mi_vector_mul
    void mi_vector_mul(
        miVector    *r,
        miScalar    f)

r := r * f

mi_vector_div
    void mi_vector_div(
        miVector    *r,
        miScalar    f)

r := r ⁄ f (If f is zero, leave r unchanged.)

mi_vector_prod
    void mi_vector_prod(
        miVector    *r,
        miVector    *a,
        miVector    *b)

r := a x b

mi_vector_dot
    miScalar mi_vector_dot(
        miVector    *a,
        miVector    *b)

a * b

mi_vector_norm
    miScalar mi_vector_norm(
        miVector    *a)

||a||

mi_vector_normalize
    void mi_vector_normalize(
        miVector    *r)

r := r ⁄ ||r|| (If r is a null vector, leave r unchanged.)

mi_vector_min
    void mi_vector_min(
        miVector    *r,
        miVector    *a,
        miVector    *b)

Assign the minimum x, y, and z coordinates of a and b to r.

mi_vector_max
    void mi_vector_max(
        miVector    *r,
        miVector    *a,
        miVector    *b)

Assign the minimum x, y, and z coordinates of a and b to r.

mi_vector_det
    miScalar mi_vector_det(
        miVector    *a,
        miVector    *b,
        miVector    *c)

Return the determinant of the matrix formed by the three column vectors a, b, and c.

mi_vector_dist
    miScalar mi_vector_dist(
        miVector    *a,
        miVector    *b)

||a − b||

    void mi_matrix_null(
        miMatrix     r)

Return a null matrix, with all sixteen components set to 0.

mi_matrix_ident
    void mi_matrix_ident(
        miMatrix     r)

Return an identity matrix, with the main diagonal components set to 1, and all other components set to 0.

mi_matrix_isident
    miBoolean mi_matrix_isident(
        miMatrix const  a)

Return miTRUE if a is the identity matrix, and miFALSE otherwise.

    void mi_matrix_copy(
        miMatrix     r,
        miMatrix     a)

r := a

mi_matrix_invert
    miBoolean mi_matrix_invert(
        miMatrix        r,
        miMatrix const  a)

r := a−1 (Returns miFALSE if the matrix cannot be inverted.)

mi_matrix_prod
    void mi_matrix_prod(
        miMatrix        r,
        miMatrix const  a,
        miMatrix const  b)

r := a x b

mi_matrix_rotate
    void mi_matrix_rotate(
        miMatrix        a,
        const miScalar  xrot,
        const miScalar  yrot,
        const miScalar  zrot)

Create a rotation matrix a rotating by xrot, then yrot, then zrot, in radians.

mi_matrix_rotate_axis
    void mi_matrix_rotate_axis(
        miMatrix        a,
        miVector const *const v,
        miScalar const  r)

This function is similar to the previous, except that the rotation is specified with an axis and an angle. The resulting matrix will rotate a point r radians about the axis v according to the right-hand rule. v must have unit length, otherwise the result is undefined.

mi_matrix_solve
    void mi_matrix_solve(
        miScalar        *X,
        miMatrix const   A,
        miScalar const  *B,
        int              c)

Solve the system of linear equations A * X = B for X. A is a [4,4] matrix, but X and B are [4,c] (row major) matrices. For c = 1 they are simple vectors and the function solves A * X = B for X. In the case c=4, A and B are rectangular [4,4] matrices and the function computes the matrix division A ⁄ B. Using this function is both faster and more precise than explicitly computing A−1B.

All the following transformation functions may be called with identical pointers r and v. The vector is transformed in-place in this case. If the matrix m is a null pointer, no transformation is done and v is copied to r. If the result of a transformation is a point in homogeneous coordinates with a w component that is not equal to 1.0, the result vector's x, y, and z components are divided by w. For point transformations, a w component of 1.0 is implicitly appended to the v vector at the vector-matrix multiplication. For vector transformations the w component is implicitly zero. Note the distinction between object and light transformations - both sets deal with object space, but the former uses the current object's object space and the latter uses the current light's object space.

mi_matrix_rot_det
    float mi_matrix_rot_det(
        miMatrix const  a)

Return the determinant of the 3 x 3 rotation part of matrix a.

mi_point_transform
    void mi_point_transform(
        miVector       *const r,
        miVector const *const v,
        miMatrix const  m)

r := v * M

mi_vector_transform
    void mi_vector_transform(
        miVector       *const r,
        miVector const *const v,
        miMatrix const  m)

r := v * M Only the upper left 3-by-3 submatrix is used since this is a vector transform. The translation row in the matrix is ignored as w is implicitly assumed to be 0.

mi_vector_transform_T
    void mi_vector_transform_T(
        miVector       *const r,
        miVector const *const v,
        miMatrix const  m)

r := v * MT The transpose of the upper left 3-by-3 submatrix is used for the vector transformation. The w component of v is implicitly assumed to be 0. This function is required for transformation of normals.

mi_point_to_world
    void mi_point_to_world(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert internal point v in the state to world space, r.

mi_point_to_camera
    void mi_point_to_camera(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert internal point v in the state to camera space, r.

mi_point_to_object
    void mi_point_to_object(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert internal point v to the object space of the current object (illuminated point), r.

mi_point_to_light
    void mi_point_to_light(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert internal point v in the state to the object space of the current light. This function (and the other five light transformation functions described below) are similar to the corresponding object transformation functions except that they use state→light_instance instead of state→instance to locate the correct object space transformation matrices.

mi_point_to_raster
    void mi_point_to_raster(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert internal point v in the state to 2D raster space, r. Raster space dimension is defined by the camera resolution.

mi_point_from_world
    void mi_point_from_world(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert point v in world space to internal space, r.

mi_point_from_camera
    void mi_point_from_camera(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert point in camera space v to internal space, r.

mi_point_from_object
    void mi_point_from_object(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert point v in the object space of the current object (illuminated point) to internal space, r.

mi_point_from_light
    void mi_point_from_light(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert point v in the object space of the current light as found in state→light_instance to internal space, r.

mi_vector_to_world
    void mi_vector_to_world(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert internal vector v in the state to world space, r. Vector transformations work like point transformations, except that the translation row of the transformation matrix is ignored. The resulting vector is not renormalized. Vector transformations transform normals correctly only if there is no scaling. For correct transformation of normals use the normal transformations described below.

mi_vector_to_camera
    void mi_vector_to_camera(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert internal vector v in the state to camera space, r.

mi_vector_to_object
    void mi_vector_to_object(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert internal vector v to the object space of the current object (illuminated point), r.

mi_vector_to_light
    void mi_vector_to_light(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert internal vector v in the state to object space of the current light as found in state→light_instance , r.

mi_vector_from_world
    void mi_vector_from_world(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert vector v in world space to internal space, r.

mi_vector_from_camera
    void mi_vector_from_camera(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert vector in camera space v to internal space, r.

mi_vector_from_object
    void mi_vector_from_object(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert vector v in the object space of the current object (illuminated point) to internal space, r.

mi_vector_from_light
    void mi_vector_from_light(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert vector v in object space of the current light as found in state→light_instance to internal space, r.

mi_normal_to_world
    void mi_normal_to_world(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert internal normal v in the state to world space, r. Normal transformations work like vector transformations, except that the transpose of the inverse transformation matrix used. The resulting vector is not renormalized. This ensures that if a vector and a normal are orthogonal in one coordinate system they remain orthogonal after they have been transformed to a different coordinate system. This holds for arbitrary, not necessarily orthogonal transformations. The vector transformations described above transform normals correctly only if there is no scaling.

mi_normal_to_camera
    void mi_normal_to_camera(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert internal normal v in the state to camera space, r.

mi_normal_to_object
    void mi_normal_to_object(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert internal normal v to the object space of the current object (illuminated point), r.

mi_normal_to_light
    void mi_normal_to_light(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert internal normal v in the state to object space of the current light as found in state→light_instance , r.

mi_normal_from_world
    void mi_normal_from_world(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert normal v in world space to internal space, r.

mi_normal_from_camera
    void mi_normal_from_camera(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert normal in camera space v to internal space, r.

mi_normal_from_object
    void mi_normal_from_object(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert normal v in the object space of the current object (illuminated point) to internal space, r.

mi_normal_from_light
    void mi_normal_from_light(
        miState        *const state,
        miVector       *r,
        miVector       *const v)

Convert normal v in object space of the current light as found in state→light_instance to internal space, r.

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