Dear John,
Am 09.10.13 07:28, schrieb John Nagle:
This is the basic transformation of 3D graphics. Take
a 3D point, make it 4D by adding a 1 on the end, multiply
by a transformation matrix to get a new 4-element vector,
discard the last element.
Is there some way to do that in numpy without
adding the extra element and then discarding it?
if you can discard the last element, the matrix has a special structure:
It is an affine transform, where the last row is unity, and it can be
rewritten as
A*x+b
where A is the 3x3 upper left submatrix and b is the column vector. You
can do this by simple slicing - with C as the 4x4 matrix it is something
like
dot(C[0:3, 0:3], x) + C[3, 0:3]
(untested, you need to check if I got the indices right)
*IF* however, your transform is perspective, then this is incorrect -
you must divide the result vector by the last element before discarding
it, if it is a 3D-point. For a 3D-vector (enhanced by a 0) you might
still find a shortcut.
Christian
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