Getting the full angle between faces

Helper

On 10/07/2016 at 07:49, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Thank you for the code, Scott.
But it still shows the same problem.
Check out the video I made, showing it.
It is using your code.

Helper

On 10/07/2016 at 10:44, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Oh I see.
I've done this kind of thing a lot in 2d to get the 0-360 values for rotating a dial image. But I've never done this in 3d.

I think you'll need to use atan2.
I did a bit of Googling and managed to come up with a way to do it on a polygon without any joints.

Create a polygon primitive object and then make it editable.
Go into points mode and select all 4 points and rotate the object in a clockwise rotation around the X axis.
Run this script to get the 0-360 rotation values for it

import c4d  
from math import atan2, pi  
  
def main() :  
    
  obj = doc.GetActiveObject()      
    
  #point 1  
  x1 = obj.GetPoint(0).x  
  y1 = obj.GetPoint(0).y  
  z1 = obj.GetPoint(0).z  
  
  #point 2  
  x2 = obj.GetPoint(1).x  
  y2 = obj.GetPoint(1).y  
  z2 = obj.GetPoint(1).z  
  
  deltaX = x2 - x1      #Gets the X vector between the the two points  
  deltaY = y2 - y1      #Gets the Y vector between the the two points  
  deltaZ = z2 - z1      #Gets the Z vector between the the two points  
  
  angle_rad = atan2(deltaY,deltaZ)  
  angle_deg = angle_rad*180.0/pi + 90  
    
  if angle_deg > 90: angle_deg = 450 - angle_deg  
  else: angle_deg = 90 - angle_deg  
    
  print angle_deg  
    
  c4d.EventAdd()      
  
if __name__=='__main__':  
  main()

This doesn't work when the polygon is rotated with a joint though. So I don't know how helpful it is.
Maybe someone else has a better idea?

-ScottA

Helper

On 10/07/2016 at 10:57, xxxxxxxx wrote:

In my sample scene, I got the point coordinates from the mesh with a Point Xpresso node, taking deformed points into account.
That is why the Joint worked.
This example you provided only gives me the orientation of an edge in relation to the origin, right?
What have you searched for in Google?
When I search for "angle between faces" I get a lot of preset angles, between specific polygonal solids

Helper

On 10/07/2016 at 11:12, xxxxxxxx wrote:

That code might work with joints if you use the polygon's normal as the vector rather using the polygon's edge.

This is where I got the idea from
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1311049/how-to-map-atan2-to-degrees-0-360

-ScottA

Helper

On 10/07/2016 at 11:50, xxxxxxxx wrote:

This is still not working properly but it really may have to do with atan2.
Since only the Y and Z components are being considered, this is performing a 2D calculation. As soon as I rotate the whole object, the angle seems to change when, in fact, the faces keep the same relative angle.
There must be some calculation that needs to be performed taking the adjoining edge between the faces into account.
This is proving to be much trickier that expected

Helper

On 10/07/2016 at 12:11, xxxxxxxx wrote:

I think I may have found a way
I will have to cook dinner now, but I will test it out later.
I'll post the results here.

Helper

On 10/07/2016 at 15:36, xxxxxxxx wrote:

YES!!! It works.
I just checked if the angle is concave or convex by calculating the dot product between the normal of the first face and the vector between the centers of both faces. in the case that is convex, I adjust the angle to give me something over 180°.
This is the code:

  
polys=obj.GetAllPolygons()   
points=obj.GetAllPoints()   
  
poly1=polys[f1]   
poly2=polys[f2]   
       
a1,b1,c1 = points[poly1.a],points[poly1.b],points[poly1.c]   
n1 = (b1 - a1).Cross(c1 - a1).GetNormalized()   
center1=(a1+b1+c1)*.3333   
       
a2,b2,c2 = points[poly2.a],points[poly2.b],points[poly2.c]   
n2 = (b2 - a2).Cross(c2 - a2).GetNormalized()   
center2=(a2+b2+c2)*.3333   
       
v2=(center2-center1).GetNormalized()   
       
conc=v2.Dot(n1)   
       
angle_rad = utils.GetAngle(n1,n2)   
angle_deg = 180-angle_rad*180.0/math.pi   
       
if conc<0:   
    angle_deg=360-angle_deg

Helper

On 10/07/2016 at 16:28, xxxxxxxx wrote:

In a 2 poly object. That code works if you manually move the points in poly[1].
But if you move poly[1] using joints. The result of angle_deg is always 180.
I'm curious how are you getting that code to work when poly[1] is animated by a joint?

This is how I've done it by multiplying the poly's points by the joint's matrix.
Are you doing it a different way?

import c4d,math  
def main() :  
    
  obj = op.GetObject()       
    
  polys = obj.GetAllPolygons()  
  points= obj.GetAllPoints()  
  
  poly1 = polys[0]  
  poly2 = polys[1]  
    
  #The joint that is moving poly[1]  
  joint = doc.SearchObject("Joint.2")  
  mg = joint.GetMg()  
  
  a1,b1,c1 = points[poly1.a], points[poly1.b], points[poly1.c]  
  norm1 = (b1 - a1).Cross(c1 - a1).GetNormalized()      
  center1 = (a1+b1+c1)*.3333     
    
  a2,b2,c2 = points[poly2.a] * mg, points[poly2.b] * mg, points[poly2.c] * mg  
  norm2 = (b2 - a2).Cross(c2 - a2).GetNormalized()  
  center2 = (a2+b2+c2)*.3333  
  
  v2 = (center2-center1).GetNormalized()     
  
  conc = v2.Dot(norm1)  
  
  angle_rad = c4d.utils.GetAngle(norm1,norm2)  
  angle_deg = 180-angle_rad*180.0/math.pi      
  
  if conc < 0:   
      angle_deg = 360 - angle_deg  
    
  print angle_deg

-ScottA

Helper

On 10/07/2016 at 16:36, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Oh, in this case, using just python, no.
I would have to calculate a CurrentStateToObject for that
It works with a joint if I use Xpresso to feed the normals and centers into a Python node and turn on the Use Deformed Points option.
But I just used the joint to test the concept. I need to check for angles in static meshes, in the script I'm creating.
Now that I have the code that returns an angle in the range 0 -> 2Pi, if I need to, I can always create an internal clone and apply the CurrentStateToObject.

Helper

On 10/07/2016 at 16:39, xxxxxxxx wrote:

Oops. Cross posted with you.
Look at my edited post.
The matrix stuff works when using joints to animate the poly. I was just wondering if you were doing it differently.

-ScottA