/// <summary>
/// calculates volume, only works on an amorphus blob. Returns a double in real world space.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="planes">List(List(Point3D))</param>
/// <param name="increment">double</param>
/// <returns>double</returns>
public static double volume1stApprox(List <List <Point3D> > planes, double increment)
{
double volume = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < planes.Count; i++)
{
List <Point3D> plane = planes[i];
if (plane.Count != 0)
{
plane.Add(plane[0]); //a list eating its own head, steve matthews would be proud
double area = 0;
area = AreaCalculator.calculateArea(plane);
volume = volume + (area * increment);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Plane EMPTY!!! BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN");
}
}
volume = UnitConvertor.convertPCM(volume, 3);
return(volume);
}
/// <summary>
/// returns one area for every plane fed. returns real world areas not point cloud areas
/// </summary>
/// <param name="planes">List(List(Point3D))</param>
/// <returns>List(double)</returns>
public static List <double> getAllAreas(List <List <Point3D> > planes)
{
List <double> output = new List <double>();
for (int i = 0; i < planes.Count; i++)
{
output.Add(UnitConvertor.convertPCM(AreaCalculator.calculateArea(planes[i]), 2));
}
return(output);
}