distance3d.geometry.support_function_sphere¶

distance3d.geometry.support_function_sphere(search_direction, center, radius)[source]¶

Compute extreme point of box along a direction.

You can find similar implementations here:

https://github.com/kevinmoran/GJK/blob/b38d923d268629f30b44c3cf6d4f9974bbcdb0d3/Collider.h#L33 (Copyright (c) 2017 Kevin Moran, MIT License or Unlicense)

Parameters:

search_directionarray, shape (3,): Search direction.
centerarray, shape (3,): Center of the sphere.
radiusfloat: Radius of the sphere.

Returns:

extreme_pointarray, shape (3,): Extreme point along search direction.