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Procedure
Abstract
Required_Reading
Keywords
Brief_I/O
Detailed_Input
Detailed_Output
Parameters
Exceptions
Files
Particulars
Examples
Restrictions
Literature_References
Author_and_Institution
Version
Index_Entries

Procedure

   void dskx02_c ( SpiceInt               handle,
                   ConstSpiceDLADescr   * dladsc,
                   ConstSpiceDouble       vertex  [3],
                   ConstSpiceDouble       raydir  [3],
                   SpiceInt             * plid,
                   SpiceDouble            xpt     [3],
                   SpiceBoolean         * found        )

Abstract

 
   Determine the plate ID and body-fixed coordinates of the 
   intersection of a specified ray with the surface defined by a 
   type 2 DSK plate model. 
 

Required_Reading

 
    None. 
 

Keywords

 
    GEOMETRY 
    SHAPES 
 

Brief_I/O

 
   VARIABLE  I/O  DESCRIPTION 
   --------  ---  -------------------------------------------------- 
   handle     I   Handle of DSK kernel containing plate model. 
   dladsc     I   DLA descriptor of plate model segment. 
   vertex     I   Ray's vertex in the  body fixed frame. 
   raydir     I   Ray direction in the body fixed frame. 
   plid       O   ID code of the plate intersected by the ray. 
   xpt        O   Intercept. 
   found      O   Flag indicating whether intercept exists. 
 

Detailed_Input

 
   handle     is the DAS file handle of a DSK file containing a shape
              model for a target body.  The shape model is stored in a
              type 2 DSK segment.
 
   dladsc     is the DLA descriptor of a type 2 DSK segment containing
              plate model data representing the surface of the target
              body.  Normally this descriptor will be obtained by a
              search through a DSK file using the DLA search routines;
              see the Examples header section below for a working code
              example illustrating a simple search.
 
   vertex     is the vertex of a ray.  `vertex' is expressed relative
              to the body fixed reference frame associated with the
              target body.  This reference frame is the same frame
              relative to which the vertices of the plate model are
              expressed.  Units are km.
 
              The vertex is required to be outside the target body.
 
   raydir     is the ray's direction vector.  `raydir' is expressed
              relative to the body fixed reference frame associated
              with the target body.
 

Detailed_Output

 
   plid       is the ID of the plate closest to the input ray's 
              vertex at which a ray-surface intercept exists. 
              If no intercept exists, `plid' is undefined. 
 
   xpt        is the ray-target intercept closest to the ray's vertex,
              if an intercept exists. `xpt' is expressed relative to
              the body-fixed reference frame associated with the target
              body.  Units are km.
 
              If no intercept exists, `xpt' is undefined. 
 
   found      is a logical flag that indicates whether or not the ray
              does indeed intersect the target.  If the ray intersects a
              plate, `found' is SPICETRUE.  Otherwise `found' is
              SPICEFALSE.
 

Parameters

 
   See header files 

      SpiceDLA.h
      SpiceDSK.h
  

Exceptions

 
   1)  If the input handle is invalid, the error will be diagnosed by 
       routines in the call tree of this routine. 
 
   2)  If a file read error occurs, the error will be diagnosed by 
       routines in the call tree of this routine. 
 
   3)  If the input DLA descriptor is invalid, the effect of this 
       routine is undefined. The error *may* be diagnosed by routines 
       in the call  tree of this routine, but there are no 
       guarantees. 
 
   4)  If an error occurs while trying to look up any component 
       of the shape model, the error will be diagnosed by routines 
       in the call tree of this routine. 
 
   5)  If the input ray direction is the zero vector, the error 
       SPICE(ZEROVECTOR) is signaled. 
 
   6)  If the coarse voxel grid scale of the shape model is less than 
       1, the error SPICE(VALUEOUTOFRANGE) is signaled. 
   
   7)  If the coarse voxel grid of the shape model contains more 
       than SPICE_DSK_MAXCGR (see SpiceDSK.h) voxels, the error 
       SPICE(GRIDTOOLARGE) is signaled. 
 
   8)  If the plate list for any intersected voxel is too large 
       for this routine to buffer, the error SPICE(ARRAYTOOSMALL) 
       is signaled. 
 
   9)  Due to round-off errors, results from this routine may 
       differ across platforms.  Results also may differ from 
       those expected---and not necessarily by a small amount. 
       For example, a ray may miss a plate it was expected to 
       hit and instead hit another plate considerably farther 
       from the ray's vertex, or miss the target entirely. 
 
   10) In the event that an intercept point lies on multiple  
       plates (that is, the point is on an edge or vertex),  
       a plate will be selected.  Due to round-off error, the 
       selection may vary across platforms. 
 

Files

 
   See the description of the input argument `handle'. 
 

Particulars

   
   This routine solves the ray-surface intercept problem for a
   specified ray and a surface represented by triangular plate model.
   The surface representation is provided by data in a type 2 segment
   of a DSK file.
 
   This routine does not assume that the segment from which the surface
   model data are read represents the entire surface of the target
   body.  A program could call this routine repeatedly to find the
   surface intercept of a ray and a shape model partitioned into
   multiple segments.
 
   In general, this routine should be expected to run faster when used
   with smaller shape models.
 

Examples

 
   1) Find the surface intercept points corresponding to a latitude/ 
      longitude grid of a specified resolution, for a specified 
      DSK file.  This simple program assumes the shape model for the
      target body of interest is stored in a single type 2 DSK segment,
      and that this segment is the first one in the DSK file to which
      it belongs.

         #include <stdio.h>
         #include <math.h>
         #include "SpiceUsr.h"
         #include "SpiceDLA.h"
         #include "SpiceDSK.h"

         int main()
         {
            /.
            Local parameters
            ./
            #define  FILSIZ             256 
            #define  NLAT               9
            #define  NLON               9 
            #define  TOL                ( 1.e-12 )
            #define  SPICE_MXCOR3_IDX   21

            /.
            Local variables
            ./
            SpiceBoolean            found;

            SpiceChar               dsk [ FILSIZ ];

            SpiceDLADescr           dladsc;
            SpiceDSKDescr           dskdsc;
         
            SpiceDouble             lat;
            SpiceDouble             lon;
            SpiceDouble             maxr;
            SpiceDouble             r;
            SpiceDouble             raydir [3];
            SpiceDouble             vertex [3];
            SpiceDouble             xlat;
            SpiceDouble             xlon;
            SpiceDouble             xpt    [3];
            SpiceDouble             xr;

            SpiceInt                handle;
            SpiceInt                i;
            SpiceInt                j;
            SpiceInt                plid;



            /.
            Prompt for the name of the DSK to read.
            ./
            prompt_c ( "Enter DSK name > ", FILSIZ, dsk );

            /.
            Open the DSK file for read access.
            We use the DAS-level interface for
            this function.
            ./
            dasopr_c ( dsk, &handle );

            /.
            Begin a forward search through the
            kernel, treating the file as a DLA.
            In this example, it's a very short
            search.
            ./
            dlabfs_c ( handle, &dladsc, &found );

            if ( !found  )
            {
               /.
               We arrive here only if the kernel
               contains no segments.  This is
               unexpected, but we're prepared for it.
               ./
               setmsg_c ( "No segments found in DSK file #.");
               errch_c  ( "#",  dsk                         );
               sigerr_c ( "SPICE(NODATA)"                   );
            }

            /.
            If we made it this far, DLADSC is the
            DLA descriptor of the first segment.

            We're going to generate the intercept points
            using a set of rays which point toward the
            origin and whose vertices are on a specified
            specified lat/lon grid.  To start out we
            must pick a reasonable range from the origin
            for the vertices:  the range must be large
            enough so that the vertices are guaranteed
            to be outside the target body but small
            enough that we don't lose too much precision
            in the surface intercept computation.

            We'll look up the upper bound for the target
            radius, then use 2 times this value as the
            vertex magnitude.
            ./

            dskgd_c ( handle, &dladsc, &dskdsc );
 
            maxr =  dskdsc.co3max;
            r    = 2.0 * maxr;

            /.
            Now generate the intercept points. We generate 
            intercepts along latitude bounds, working from 
            north to south. Latitude ranges from +80 to -80 
            degrees. Longitude ranges from 0 to 320 degrees. 
            The increment is 20 degrees for latitude and 40 
            degrees for longitude.
            ./
            for ( i = 0;  i < NLAT;  i++  )
            {
               lat = rpd_c() * ( 80.0 - 20.0*i );

               for ( j = 0;  j < NLON;  j++  )
               {
                  lon = rpd_c() * 40.0*j;

                  /.
                  Produce a ray vertex for the current
                  lat/lon value.  Negate the vertex to
                  produce the ray's direction vector.
                  ./
                  latrec_c ( r, lon, lat, vertex );
                  vminus_c ( vertex,      raydir );

                  /.
                  Find the surface intercept for this
                  ray.
                  ./
                  dskx02_c ( handle, &dladsc, vertex, raydir,
                             &plid,  xpt,     &found          );

                  /.
                  Since the ray passes through the origin on
                  the body-fixed frame associated with the
                  target body, we'd rarely expect to find that
                  the ray failed to intersect the surface.
                  For safety, we check the FOUND flag.  (A
                  "not found" condition could be a sign of
                  a bug.)
                  ./
                  if ( ! found  )
                  {
                     printf ( "\n"
                              "Intercept not found!\n"
                              "   Ray vertex:\n"
                              "   Longitude (deg): %f\n"
                              "   Latitude  (deg): %f\n"
                              "   Radius     (km): %e\n"
                              "\n",
                              lon * dpr_c(),
                              lat * dpr_c(),
                              r                           );
                  }
                  else
                  {
                     /.
                     This is the normal case.  Display the
                     intercept plate ID and the intercept
                     point in both cartesian and latitudinal
                     coordinates.  Show the corresponding ray
                     vertex to facilitate validation of results.

                     Use recrad_c rather than reclat_c to produce
                     non-negative longitudes.
                     ./
                     recrad_c ( xpt, &xr, &xlon, &xlat );                    

                     printf ( "\n"
                              "Intercept found:\n"
                              "   Plate ID:                 %d\n"
                              "   Cartesian Coordinates:    (%e %e %e)\n"
                              "   Latitudinal Coordinates:\n"
                              "   Longitude (deg): %f\n"
                              "   Latitude  (deg): %f\n"
                              "   Radius     (km): %e\n"
                              "\n"
                              "   Ray vertex:\n"
                              "   Longitude (deg): %f\n"
                              "   Latitude  (deg): %f\n"
                              "   Radius     (km): %e\n"            
                              "\n",
                              (int)plid,
                              xpt[0], xpt[1], xpt[2],
                              xlon * dpr_c(),
                              xlat * dpr_c(),
                              xr,
                              lon  * dpr_c(),
                              lat  * dpr_c(),
                              r                                           );

                     /.
                     Perform sanity checks on the intercept
                     coordinates.  Stop the program if any error
                     is larger than our tolerance value.
                     ./
                     if ( fabs(xlat-lat) > TOL ) 
                     {
                        sigerr_c ( "Latitude error!" );
                     }

                     if (  (xlon - lon)  > pi_c()  )
                     {
                        xlon -= twopi_c();
                     }

                     if (  (xlon - lon)  > TOL  )
                     {
                        sigerr_c ( "Longitude error!" );
                     }

                     if ( xr  > (1.0+TOL)*maxr  )
                     {
                        sigerr_c ( "Radius error!" );
                     }
                  }
                  /.
                  End of longitude loop. 
                  ./
               }
               /.
               End of latitude loop. 
               ./
            }

            /.
            Close the kernel.  This isn't necessary in a stand-
            alone program, but it's good practice in subroutines
            because it frees program and system resources.
            ./
            dascls_c ( handle );

            return ( 0 );
         }


   The program outputs:

      Intercept found:
         Plate ID:                 306238
         Cartesian Coordinates:    (1.520878e+00 0.000000e+00 8.625327e+00)
         Latitudinal Coordinates:
         Longitude (deg): 0.000000
         Latitude  (deg): 80.000000
         Radius     (km): 8.758387e+00
      
         Ray vertex:
         Longitude (deg): 0.000000
         Latitude  (deg): 80.000000
         Radius     (km): 2.802354e+01
      
      
      Intercept found:
         Plate ID:                 317112
         Cartesian Coordinates:    (1.189704e+00 9.982799e-01 8.807772e+00)
         Latitudinal Coordinates:
         Longitude (deg): 40.000000
         Latitude  (deg): 80.000000
         Radius     (km): 8.943646e+00
      
         Ray vertex:
         Longitude (deg): 40.000000
         Latitude  (deg): 80.000000
         Radius     (km): 2.802354e+01
      
      
      Intercept found:
         Plate ID:                 324141
         Cartesian Coordinates:    (2.777752e-01 1.575341e+00 9.072029e+00)
         Latitudinal Coordinates:
         Longitude (deg): 80.000000
         Latitude  (deg): 80.000000
         Radius     (km): 9.211980e+00
      
         Ray vertex:
         Longitude (deg): 80.000000
         Latitude  (deg): 80.000000
         Radius     (km): 2.802354e+01
      
         ...
      
      Intercept found:
         Plate ID:                 1893
         Cartesian Coordinates:    (-7.783952e-01 -1.348220e+00 -8.828997e+00)
         Latitudinal Coordinates:
         Longitude (deg): 240.000000
         Latitude  (deg): -80.000000
         Radius     (km): 8.965198e+00
      
         Ray vertex:
         Longitude (deg): 240.000000
         Latitude  (deg): -80.000000
         Radius     (km): 2.802354e+01
      
      
      Intercept found:
         Plate ID:                 2467
         Cartesian Coordinates:    (2.666822e-01 -1.512430e+00 -8.709738e+00)
         Latitudinal Coordinates:
         Longitude (deg): 280.000000
         Latitude  (deg): -80.000000
         Radius     (km): 8.844099e+00
      
         Ray vertex:
         Longitude (deg): 280.000000
         Latitude  (deg): -80.000000
         Radius     (km): 2.802354e+01
      
      
      Intercept found:
         Plate ID:                 3187
         Cartesian Coordinates:    (1.132409e+00 -9.502036e-01 -8.383597e+00)
         Latitudinal Coordinates:
         Longitude (deg): 320.000000
         Latitude  (deg): -80.000000
         Radius     (km): 8.512928e+00
      
         Ray vertex:
         Longitude (deg): 320.000000
         Latitude  (deg): -80.000000
         Radius     (km): 2.802354e+01

Restrictions

 
   None.
 

Literature_References

 
   Woo, A. "Fast Ray-Box Intersection", Graphic Gems I, 395-396. 
 

Author_and_Institution

 
   N.J. Bachman    (JPL) 
   J.A. Bytof      (JPL) 
   W.L. Taber      (JPL) 
   E.D. Wright     (JPL) 
 

Version

    
    -CSPICE Version 1.0.3, 04-APR-2017 (EDW)

       Edit to example program to use "%d" with explicit casts
       to int for printing SpiceInts with printf.
       
   -CSPICE Version 1.0.1 20-JUL-2011 (NJB)

       Header correction: the detailed input section
       now says that the ray's vertex *is* required to
       be outside the target body.

   -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 05-JUN-2010 (NJB) (EDW) (JAB) (WLT)

Index_Entries

 
   plate and plate model point intersected by ray 
   intersection of ray and surface
 

Link to routine dskx02_c source file dskx02_c.c

Wed Apr  5 17:54:32 2017