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DrawRingsUtils.h

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 *cr                        University of Illinois                       
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 * RCS INFORMATION:
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 *      $RCSfile: DrawRingsUtils.h,v $
 *      $Author: johns $        $Locker:  $             $State: Exp $
 *      $Revision: 1.8 $        $Date: 2008/08/14 21:22:48 $
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 * DESCRIPTION:
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 * Ulities for calculating ring axes, ring puckering and displacement of
 * atoms from the mean ring plane.
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#ifndef DRAWRINGUTILS_H
#define DRAWRINGUTILS_H

#include "SmallRing.h"

// Calculate Hill-Reilly puckering parameters and convert these to a ring colour
void hill_reilly_ring_color(SmallRing &ring, float *framepos, float *rgb);

void hill_reilly_ring_colorscale(SmallRing &ring, float *framepos, float vmin, float vmax, const Scene *scene, float *rgb);

// Calculate Cremer-Pople puckering parameters and convert these to a ring colour
void cremer_pople_ring_color(SmallRing &ring, float *framepos, float *rgb);

// Calculates the position at point t along the spline with co-efficients
// A, B, C and D.
// spline(t) = ((A * t + B) * t + C) * t + D
void ribbon_spline(float *pos, const float * const A, const float * const B,
                               const float * const C, const float * const D, const float t);

/*
 * Ribbon Frame: A frame of reference at a point along a ribbon being drawn by
 *               using Twister algorithm.
 * A frame has an origin and 3 basis vectors, plus and approximate cumulative arc
 * length (used for texturing).
 */
struct RibbonFrame {
    float forward[3];
    float right[3];
    float up[3];
    float origin[3];
    float arclength;
};



#endif

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