[rakeshthp]

Hi guys...

One more problem.. Do let me know if this post doesnt belong to this category.. If so, den which category it belongs.. Coz am writing c++ programs to solve it... Anyhow, Pls refer to the image diagram attached along this post..

You will find 5 points.. I need to calculate points a, b, c and d.. SO i thought i would begin by finding points a, d

lengths (Pa) = (Pd), is not constant.. it may vary every time.. it is called "along boundary length".. So, for a given along boundary length, i need to find these two points a, and d, with respect to P in such a way that,

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l(Pa) = l(Pd) = along boundary length

and points a and d must lie on any of the line segments..

First way i thought was to find the tangent(shown in green), of "along boundary length" and get two end points.. from these two end points i can draw a line which will intersect the arc, and i can get values of "a" and "d"... But now i feel this logic is having some fault..

Now am stuck up.. My ultimate goal is to find values of points a, b, c and d for given set of inputs:

1. Point P
2. along boundary length l(Pa), l(Pd)
3. off boundary length l(ab), l(cd)

Any way to get this solved..??

Thanks in advance

[mayjune]

Your question is way too unclear...
what is along and off boundary length? Does a b c d have to be in some form or any shape?
Please post the exact question you are suppose to solve, so that we can understand properly

[rakeshthp]

Ok.. The line drawn is assumed to be a boundary (assume it as ocean boundary or Great wall of china).. and the along-boundary length is the distance between point P and point a & point P and point d..

off-boundary length means the distance away from the boundary.. in this case distance between point p and mid point of line bc..

Actually, the flow goes something like this.. In this system:

1) user will first input the points of the arc(connected line).. Using these points, connected line is drawn.. Among these points one point is point P..

2) Next user will define a region to perform some operation. This region is defined by

i) Inputting the point of interest around which the region is defined. Here in our example, point P is the point of interest, where user wants to define a region.
ii) Inputting the along-boundary length. Using this length, we need to find the points A and D..
iii) Inputting the off-boundary length.. Once Points A and D are estimated, next step is to estimate, points B and C in such a way that distance of point P and mid-point(BC) is equal to the off-boundary length. And these two points need to be perpendicular to point of interest P.

3) After estimating all four points, users region is defined. And this region has to be in a rectangular shape.

4) Once the area is defined, further processing is done..

Any more queries, then pls feel free to ask.. I hope this information makes my problem understandable.....

[mayjune]

don't know im having hard time understanding your question, moreover i dont get what you are trying to do nor whats the purpose of your program....i guess someone else should try answering to you...

[xpi0t0s]

First a couple of things don't make sense. You can't have a tangent
to a point, and you can only be perpendicular to a line, not a point.

For what you call a tangent to P, are you taking a line through P that is
parallel to the line AD? That is OK.

Also if the midpoint of the line BC is the "off boundary length" L1 distance
from P, you can find that by bisecting the angle aPd and taking the distance
L1 along that line. You can draw parallel lines to that which pass through A
and D:

X
|   d------------c------Y
|  /             |
| /              |
|/               |
P----------------W--------- bisecting line of aPd
|\               |
| \              |
|  \             |
|   a------------b------Z
|

W is distance L1 from P.
Line through PX is perpendicular to PW, or to ad whichever you prefer.
dY and aZ parallel to PW
Line cWb is perpendicular to PW, or parallel with PX, whichever is easier.

[rakeshthp]

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First a couple of things don't make sense. You can't have a tangent
to a point, and you can only be perpendicular to a line, not a point.

Pardon my language.. Sorry for using wrong terms.. What i meant to say is that, i need BC to be drawn parallel to a line, of which Point P is part of.. I mean, at angle of 90 degree..

Quote:

For what you call a tangent to P, are you taking a line through P that is
parallel to the line AD? That is OK.

The result should be similar to the one shown by you..

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Also if the midpoint of the line BC is the "off boundary length" L1 distance
from P, you can find that by bisecting the angle aPd and taking the distance
L1 along that line.

i mean the distance between point P and line BC should be equal to the off boundary length..

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W is distance L1 from P.

Yes... But i need not store values of W.. Rather i can make use of this point to calculate B and C if there is any way to do that...

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Line through PX is perpendicular to PW, or to ad whichever you prefer.

Yes we can assume that.. coz in my problem line PX does not exists.. I was just trying to solve, by

1) trying to find the line (X1X2) of length 2(off boundary length) Here we'll get two end points of this new line..
2) Using these end points, i can draw two more lines, which intersect any of two line segments from the set of line segments.. (as shown in diagram below)

      /
X1   /
|---d------------
|  /             
| /              
|/               
P
|\               
| \              
|  \             
|---a------------
X2   \
      \

3) then based on a and d, we can estimate b and c..

So i had just drawn that line.. It has nothing to do with my problem.. This method got some flaw.. Which i came to know later.. coz length PX2 is not equal to length Pa..

i guess it's not becoming more complicated.. My problem is my poor explanation method..

[xpi0t0s]

Is the border of the area you wish to calculate PabcdP?

> i mean the distance between point P and line BC should be equal to the off boundary length

OK, but at what angle? Will angles dPW and aPW in my diagram be equal, and will the line PW bisect the angle aPd? All points distance L1 from P will describe a circle around P of radius L1 so how do you know which direction to go on?

[rakeshthp]

suppose we draw an virtual line from "d" to "a", then, line BC must be parallel to this virtual line AD...

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Is the border of the area you wish to calculate PabcdP?

Yes..

Thanks

[xpi0t0s]

X
|   d------------c------Y
|  /             |
| /              |
|/               |
P----------------W--------- bisecting line of aPd
|\               |
| \              |
|  \             |
|   a------------b------Z
|

OK, so where are you up to with this?

I would suggest that the first place to start is to bisect angle dPa
(which, with polar co-ords representing Pd and Pa as vectors from P,
can be done by averaging the two theta values of Pd and Pa).

Then you can calculate point W as a polar offset from P: you've got theta
from the previous calculation, and r is just the off-boundary distance.

Line cWb is the perpendicular to line PW and you can find formulae to
calculate perpendicular lines easily enough; try Googling some relevant
terms and see what you come up with.

Line dY is parallel to PW and passes through point d, and again a
formula to get a line parallel to another and passing through a known
point should be easy enough to find. The intersection (again, for
formulae, Google it) of the last two lines (i.e. Wc and dc) gives you
the location of c, and then just mirror this lot to find.