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{
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/// This class provide a volume implementation which avoids storing all the data in memory at all times. Instead it breaks the volume
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/// down into a set of chunks and moves these into and out of memory on demand. This means it is much more memory efficient than the
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/// RaVolume, but may also be slower and is more complicated We encourage uses to work with RawVolume initially, and then switch to
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/// RawVolume, but may also be slower and is more complicated We encourage uses to work with RawVolume initially, and then switch to
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/// PagedVolume once they have a larger application and/or a better understanding of PolyVox.
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////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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///
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namespace PolyVox
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{
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/**
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* Simple volume implementation which stores data in a single large 3D array.
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*
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* This class is less memory-efficient than the PagedVolume, but it is the simplest possible
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* volume implementation which makes it useful for debugging and getting started with PolyVox.
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*/
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template <typename VoxelType>
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class RawVolume : public BaseVolume<VoxelType>
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{
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/// picking, visibility checks, lighting calculations, or numerous other applications.
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///
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/// A ray is a stright line in space define by a start point and a direction vector.
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/// The length of the direction vector represents the length of the ray. When you call a
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/// Raycast object's execute() method it will iterate over each voxel which lies on the ray,
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/// The length of the direction vector represents the length of the ray. When you
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/// execute a raycast it will iterate over each voxel which lies on the ray,
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/// starting from the defined start point. It will examine each voxel and terminate
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/// either when it encounters a solid voxel or when it reaches the end of the ray. If a
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/// solid voxel is encountered then its position is stored in the intersectionVoxel field
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/// of the RaycastResult structure and the intersectionFound flag is set to true, otherwise
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/// the intersectionFound flag is set to false.
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/// either when it encounters a solid voxel or when it reaches the end of the ray.
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///
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/// **Important Note:** These has been confusion in the past with people not realising
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/// that the length of the direction vector is important. Most graphics API can provide
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/// you must scale the direction vector so that it's length represents the maximum distance
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/// over which you want the ray to be cast.
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///
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/// The following code snippet shows how the class is used:
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/// \code
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/// Vector3DFloat start(rayOrigin.x(), rayOrigin.y(), rayOrigin.z());
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/// Vector3DFloat direction(rayDir.x(), rayDir.y(), rayDir.z());
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/// direction.normalise();
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/// direction *= 1000.0f; //Casts ray of length 1000
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///
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/// RaycastResult raycastResult;
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/// Raycast<Material8> raycast(m_pPolyVoxVolume, start, direction, raycastResult);
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/// raycast.execute();
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///
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/// if(raycastResult.foundIntersection)
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/// {
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/// //...
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/// }
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/// \endcode
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///
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/// Some further notes, the Raycast uses full 26-connectivity, which basically means it
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/// will examine every voxel the ray touches, even if it just passes through the corner.
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/// Also, it peforms a simple binary test against a voxel's threshold, rather than making
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/// use of it's density. Therefore it will work best in conjunction with one of the 'cubic'
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/// surace extractors. It's behaviour with the Marching Cubes surface extractor has not
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/// been tested yet.
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///
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/// Note that we also have a pickVoxel() function which provides a slightly higher-level interface.
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////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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template<typename VolumeType, typename Callback>
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namespace PolyVox
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{
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/**
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* Represents a vertex in a mesh and includes position and normal information.
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* There is also a 'data' member, which usually stores the (possibly interpolated)
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* value of the voxel(s) which caused the vertex to be generated.
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*/
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template<typename _DataType>
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struct Vertex
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{
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namespace PolyVox
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{
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/**
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* This class can be used to copy data from one volume to another, possibly while
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* resizing it. It has not been heavily used an may or may not work as expected.
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*/
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template< typename SrcVolumeType, typename DstVolumeType>
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class VolumeResampler
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{
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