Re: [Algorithms] finding an optimal OBB

[Charles B. <cb...@cb...>]

Ok, so far as I can tell, all he's doing there is a brute
force minimization of the volume by searching the 2d orientation
space of the box.  I suppose that's probably as good as anything
else.  You could probably get a good solution by starting along
the axis of linear-best-fit and just finding a local minimum of
the volume.

I wish the Magic code was better commented, it would make it
10x more useful, but beggars can't be choosers, I suppose...

>Your savior and mine, magic source code.
>http://www.magic-software.com/MgcContainment.html
>Thank you, Dave E. My Dave E. book is on its way, and am looking forward to
>it.
>
>The math here (Ron L. would have to correct me if I were wrong about this)
>is better / more correct than most on-line tutorials, papers and algorithms.
>
>Corrinne Yu
>
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