/* 
 * frame.h -- Orthonormal basis
 *
 * This file is part of ePiX, a preprocessor for creating high-quality 
 * line figures in LaTeX 
 *
 * Version 1.0.15
 * Last Change: October 10, 2006
 */

/* 
 * Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
 * Andrew D. Hwang <rot 13 nujnat at zngupf dot ubylpebff dot rqh>
 * Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
 * College of the Holy Cross
 * Worcester, MA, 01610-2395, USA
 */

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/*
 * In geometry, a "frame" is a right-handed orthonormal basis, that is,
 * an ordered set of three mututally perpendicular unit vectors, oriented
 * according to the right-hand rule. A frame has nothing to do with
 * picture frames.
 *
 *
 * This file provides:
 *   - the frame class, and routines for rotating a frame about the axes
 *     determined by its elements. (Note that there are no methods for
 *     rotating about fixed coordinate axes, and that rotations in R^3 do
 *     not generally commute.
 */

#ifndef EPIX_FRAME
#define EPIX_FRAME

#include "triples.h"

namespace ePiX {

  class frame {
  public:
    // standard basis
    frame();

    // Gram-Schmidt
    frame(P arg1, P arg2, P arg3); // need args by value

    // frame elements
    P sea() const;
    P sky() const;
    P eye() const;

    // rotations about frame elements
    frame& rot1(double angle);
    frame& rot2(double angle);
    frame& rot3(double angle);

  private:
    P m_e1; // sea
    P m_e2; // sky
    P m_e3; // eye
  }; // end of class frame

} // end of namespace

#endif /* EPIX_FRAME */
