Re: [Boost-users] [Geometry] 3D Oriented Bounding Box

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Geometry] 3D Oriented Bounding Box
From: Barend Gehrels (barend_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-12-14 13:37:37

Hi Jérémy,

Thanks for your interest.

On 14-12-2011 19:23, Jérémy Coulon wrote:
> Hi All,
> Boost.Geometry looks promising for my personal projects.
> Reading the doc, I couldn't figure if it is possible to create a 3D 
> oriented bounding box (OBB).
> I read that axis aligned bounding box (AABB) is supported but nothing 
> on OBB.
> I need to use it in usual algorithms like intersetion, distance, ...
>
> Can anybody tell me if it is possible with the current Boost version 
> and how I can achieve that ? 

Yes, I can tell you that alas this is not possible with the current 
version. OBB's are not yet supported. Besides that, 3D intersections 
(besides trivial ones) are far from implemented...

Regards, Barend