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Plane.SetNormalAndPosition

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public method SetNormalAndPosition(inNormal: Vector3, inPoint: Vector3): void;
public void SetNormalAndPosition(Vector3 inNormal, Vector3 inPoint);

Parameters

inNormalThe plane's normal vector.
inPointA point that lies on the plane.

Description

Sets a plane using a point that lies within it along with a normal to orient it.

Note that the normal must be a normalised vector.

var fieldLength: float;
var fieldWidth: float;
var goalLine1: Plane;
var goalLine2: Plane;
var leftSideLine: Plane;
var rightSideLine: Plane;

function Start () {
    // Set up goal lines of a playing field.
    goalLine1.SetNormalAndPosition(Vector3.forward, Vector3.forward * fieldLength / 2);
    goalLine1.SetNormalAndPosition(-Vector3.forward, -Vector3.forward * fieldLength / 2);

    // Set up side lines.
    leftSideLine.SetNormalAndPosition(-Vector3.right, -Vector3.right * fieldWidth / 2);
    leftSideLine.SetNormalAndPosition(Vector3.right, Vector3.right * fieldWidth / 2);
}

no example available in C#

See Also: Set3Points.

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