How to link four points to a quadrangle?
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From: zhang on 6 Aug 2010 19:50 Hi guys How to link four points to a quadrangle? I mean how to identify the order of these four points. Thanks Zhong
From: Roger Stafford on 7 Aug 2010 02:03 "zhang " <xiaoc10(a)gmail.com> wrote in message <i3i73h$rb3$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>... > Hi guys > How to link four points to a quadrangle? I mean how to identify the order of these four points. > Thanks > Zhong - - - - - - - - - - - As it stands your question is not meaningful. One can order the four vertices of a (2D) quadrangle in any order one desires. If you want the resulting quadrangle to be convex, that is a different matter. However, if any of the four points lies within the triangle formed by the other three points, then it will be impossible to make a convex quadrangle from the points, no matter what order is used. Let X and Y be 4 by 1 column vectors with the x and y coordinates of the four points. Then do the following to determine, if possible, how to permute their order so as to constitute a convex quadrangle. a = det([X(1:3),Y(1:3),ones(3,1)]) > 0; b = det([X(2:4),Y(2:4),ones(3,1)]) > 0; c = det([X([4,1:2]),Y([4,1:2]),ones(3,1)]) > 0; d = det([X([3:4,1]),Y([3:4,1]),ones(3,1)]) > 0; s = a+b+c+d; if mod(s,2)==1 fprintf('The quadrangle cannot be made convex.\n') p = 1:4; % Leave order as is - convexity is impossible if s is odd elseif s==4 p = 1:4; % The present order is correct elseif s==0 p = 4:-1:1; % Reverse the order elseif s==2 if a & b p = [4 2 3 1]; % Interchange 1 & 4 elseif c & d p = [1,3,2,4]; % Interchange 2 & 3 elseif a & c p = [1,2,4,3]; % Interchange 3 & 4 elseif b & d p = [2,1,3,4]; % Interchange 1 & 2 end end X = X(p); Y = Y(p); If convexity is possible, the points in X and Y will now be vertices in counterclockwise ordering around a convex quadrangle. This code looks rather awkward but it is the best I could come up with in a short time. Roger Stafford
From: Roger Stafford on 7 Aug 2010 02:15 "Roger Stafford" <ellieandrogerxyzzy(a)mindspring.com.invalid> wrote in message <i3isuq$9u9$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>... > "zhang " <xiaoc10(a)gmail.com> wrote in message <i3i73h$rb3$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>... > > Hi guys > > How to link four points to a quadrangle? I mean how to identify the order of these four points. > > Thanks > > Zhong > - - - - - - - - - - - > As it stands your question is not meaningful. One can order the four vertices of a (2D) quadrangle in any order one desires. If you want the resulting quadrangle to be convex, that is a different matter. However, if any of the four points lies within the triangle formed by the other three points, then it will be impossible to make a convex quadrangle from the points, no matter what order is used. > > Let X and Y be 4 by 1 column vectors with the x and y coordinates of the four points. Then do the following to determine, if possible, how to permute their order so as to constitute a convex quadrangle. > > a = det([X(1:3),Y(1:3),ones(3,1)]) > 0; > b = det([X(2:4),Y(2:4),ones(3,1)]) > 0; > c = det([X([4,1:2]),Y([4,1:2]),ones(3,1)]) > 0; > d = det([X([3:4,1]),Y([3:4,1]),ones(3,1)]) > 0; > s = a+b+c+d; > if mod(s,2)==1 > fprintf('The quadrangle cannot be made convex.\n') > p = 1:4; % Leave order as is - convexity is impossible if s is odd > elseif s==4 > p = 1:4; % The present order is correct > elseif s==0 > p = 4:-1:1; % Reverse the order > elseif s==2 > if a & b > p = [4 2 3 1]; % Interchange 1 & 4 > elseif c & d > p = [1,3,2,4]; % Interchange 2 & 3 > elseif a & c > p = [1,2,4,3]; % Interchange 3 & 4 > elseif b & d > p = [2,1,3,4]; % Interchange 1 & 2 > end > end > X = X(p); Y = Y(p); > > If convexity is possible, the points in X and Y will now be vertices in counterclockwise ordering around a convex quadrangle. > > This code looks rather awkward but it is the best I could come up with in a short time. > > Roger Stafford - - - - - - - It occurs to me (rather belatedly) that instead of the above, you could much more easily use the 'convhull' function which would presumably put the vertices in convex order if possible. Otherwise you would get a triangle with one of the four points left out. Roger Stafford
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