Python Vector Math

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On 07/10/2010 at 18:30, xxxxxxxx wrote:

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Cinema 4D Version:   12 
Platform:      Mac OSX  ; 
Language(s) :       PYTHON  ;

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Hi Sebastian,  i think I may have stumbled on a bug bug it could be I don't know what i am doing.

Take this example
vec = c4d.Vector (0,0,10)
vec - vec * vec
print vec 
I would expect the result to be (0,0,100)  but instead I get (100,100,100)
same result happens if I use vec.__mul__(vec)

If I do division:
vec = vec /2
I get (0,0,5), which is what I would expect.

regards,
jonah

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On 08/10/2010 at 07:21, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi jonahtobias,

the __mul__ (* ) operator for the Vector class returns the dot product.
It should return a float value and no Vector. Please use
Vector(...).Dot(Vector(...))  for the dot product calculation which works fine.

Cheers, Sebastian

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On 08/10/2010 at 08:21, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thank Sebastian,

So if I wanted to multiply 2 Vectors i.e.
Vector(10,2,2) * Vector(10,2,2) so the result is == (100,4,4)
how would I do this?
right now python gives (108,108,108)

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On 08/10/2010 at 08:26, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Use the __xor__ operator for this: Vector(1,2,3) ^ Vector(4, 5, 6)

Multiplies two vectors together componentwise

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On 08/10/2010 at 08:29, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Terrific!  Thank you.