Geometry Utilities (mathutils.geometry)

The Blender geometry module

mathutils.geometry.area_tri(v1, v2, v3, /)

Returns the area size of the 2D or 3D triangle defined.

Parameters
Return type

float

mathutils.geometry.barycentric_transform(point, tri_a1, tri_a2, tri_a3, tri_b1, tri_b2, tri_b3, /)

Return a transformed point, the transformation is defined by 2 triangles.

Parameters
Returns

The transformed point

Return type

mathutils.Vector

mathutils.geometry.box_fit_2d(points, /)

Returns an angle that best fits the points to an axis aligned rectangle

Parameters

points (Sequence[Sequence[float]]) – Sequence of 2D points.

Returns

angle

Return type

float

mathutils.geometry.box_pack_2d(boxes, /)

Returns a tuple with the width and height of the packed bounding box.

Parameters

boxes (list[list[float]]) – list of boxes, each box is a list where the first 4 items are [X, Y, width, height, …] other items are ignored. The X & Y values in this list are modified to set the packed positions.

Returns

The width and height of the packed bounding box.

Return type

tuple[float, float]

mathutils.geometry.closest_point_on_tri(pt, tri_p1, tri_p2, tri_p3, /)

Takes 4 vectors: one is the point and the next 3 define the triangle.

Parameters
Returns

The closest point of the triangle.

Return type

mathutils.Vector

mathutils.geometry.convex_hull_2d(points)

Returns a list of indices into the list given

Parameters

points (Sequence[Sequence[float]]) – Sequence of 2D points.

Returns

a list of indices

Return type

list[int]

mathutils.geometry.delaunay_2d_cdt(vert_coords, edges, faces, output_type, epsilon, need_ids=True, /)

Computes the Constrained Delaunay Triangulation of a set of vertices, with edges and faces that must appear in the triangulation. Some triangles may be eaten away, or combined with other triangles, according to output type. The returned verts may be in a different order from input verts, may be moved slightly, and may be merged with other nearby verts. The three returned orig lists give, for each of verts, edges, and faces, the list of input element indices corresponding to the positionally same output element. For edges, the orig indices start with the input edges and then continue with the edges implied by each of the faces (n of them for an n-gon). If the need_ids argument is supplied, and False, then the code skips the preparation of the orig arrays, which may save some time.

Parameters

  • vert_coords (Sequence[mathutils.Vector]) – Vertex coordinates (2d)

  • edges (Sequence[Sequence[int, int]]) – Edges, as pairs of indices in vert_coords

  • faces (Sequence[Sequence[int]]) – Faces, each sublist is a face, as indices in vert_coords (CCW oriented)

  • output_type (int) – What output looks like. 0 => triangles with convex hull. 1 => triangles inside constraints. 2 => the input constraints, intersected. 3 => like 2 but detect holes and omit them from output. 4 => like 2 but with extra edges to make valid BMesh faces. 5 => like 4 but detect holes and omit them from output.

  • epsilon (float) – For nearness tests; should not be zero

  • need_ids (bool) – are the orig output arrays needed?

Returns

Output tuple, (vert_coords, edges, faces, orig_verts, orig_edges, orig_faces)

Return type

tuple[list[mathutils.Vector], list[tuple[int, int]], list[list[int]], list[list[int]], list[list[int]], list[list[int]]]

mathutils.geometry.distance_point_to_plane(pt, plane_co, plane_no, /)

Returns the signed distance between a point and a plane (negative when below the normal).

Parameters
Return type

float

mathutils.geometry.interpolate_bezier(knot1, handle1, handle2, knot2, resolution, /)

Interpolate a bezier spline segment.

Parameters
Returns

The interpolated points.

Return type

list[mathutils.Vector]

mathutils.geometry.intersect_line_line(v1, v2, v3, v4, /)

Returns a tuple with the points on each line respectively closest to the other.

Parameters
Returns

The intersection on each line or None when the lines are co-linear.

Return type

tuple[mathutils.Vector, mathutils.Vector] | None

mathutils.geometry.intersect_line_line_2d(lineA_p1, lineA_p2, lineB_p1, lineB_p2, /)

Takes 2 segments (defined by 4 vectors) and returns a vector for their point of intersection or None.

Warning

Despite its name, this function works on segments, and not on lines.

Parameters
Returns

The point of intersection or None when not found

Return type

mathutils.Vector | None

mathutils.geometry.intersect_line_plane(line_a, line_b, plane_co, plane_no, no_flip=False, /)

Calculate the intersection between a line (as 2 vectors) and a plane. Returns a vector for the intersection or None.

Parameters
Returns

The point of intersection or None when not found

Return type

mathutils.Vector | None

mathutils.geometry.intersect_line_sphere(line_a, line_b, sphere_co, sphere_radius, clip=True, /)

Takes a line (as 2 points) and a sphere (as a point and a radius) and returns the intersection

Parameters

  • line_a (mathutils.Vector) – First point of the line

  • line_b (mathutils.Vector) – Second point of the line

  • sphere_co (mathutils.Vector) – The center of the sphere

  • sphere_radius (float) – Radius of the sphere

  • clip (bool) – When False, don’t restrict the intersection to the area of the sphere.

Returns

The intersection points as a pair of vectors or None when there is no intersection

Return type

tuple[mathutils.Vector | None, mathutils.Vector | None]

mathutils.geometry.intersect_line_sphere_2d(line_a, line_b, sphere_co, sphere_radius, clip=True, /)

Takes a line (as 2 points) and a sphere (as a point and a radius) and returns the intersection

Parameters

  • line_a (mathutils.Vector) – First point of the line

  • line_b (mathutils.Vector) – Second point of the line

  • sphere_co (mathutils.Vector) – The center of the sphere

  • sphere_radius (float) – Radius of the sphere

  • clip (bool) – When False, don’t restrict the intersection to the area of the sphere.

Returns

The intersection points as a pair of vectors or None when there is no intersection

Return type

tuple[mathutils.Vector | None, mathutils.Vector | None]

mathutils.geometry.intersect_plane_plane(plane_a_co, plane_a_no, plane_b_co, plane_b_no, /)

Return the intersection between two planes

Parameters
Returns

The line of the intersection represented as a point and a vector or None if the intersection can’t be calculated

Return type

tuple[mathutils.Vector, mathutils.Vector] | tuple[None, None]

mathutils.geometry.intersect_point_line(pt, line_p1, line_p2, /)

Takes a point and a line and returns a tuple with the closest point on the line and its distance from the first point of the line as a percentage of the length of the line.

Parameters
Return type

tuple[mathutils.Vector, float]

mathutils.geometry.intersect_point_quad_2d(pt, quad_p1, quad_p2, quad_p3, quad_p4, /)

Takes 5 vectors (using only the x and y coordinates): one is the point and the next 4 define the quad, only the x and y are used from the vectors. Returns 1 if the point is within the quad, otherwise 0. Works only with convex quads without singular edges.

Parameters
Return type

int

mathutils.geometry.intersect_point_tri(pt, tri_p1, tri_p2, tri_p3, /)

Takes 4 vectors: one is the point and the next 3 define the triangle. Projects the point onto the triangle plane and checks if it is within the triangle.

Parameters
Returns

Point on the triangles plane or None if its outside the triangle

Return type

mathutils.Vector | None

mathutils.geometry.intersect_point_tri_2d(pt, tri_p1, tri_p2, tri_p3, /)

Takes 4 vectors (using only the x and y coordinates): one is the point and the next 3 define the triangle. Returns 1 if the point is within the triangle, otherwise 0.

Parameters
Return type

int

mathutils.geometry.intersect_ray_tri(v1, v2, v3, ray, orig, clip=True, /)

Returns the intersection between a ray and a triangle, if possible, returns None otherwise.

Parameters
Returns

The point of intersection or None if no intersection is found

Return type

mathutils.Vector | None

mathutils.geometry.intersect_sphere_sphere_2d(p_a, radius_a, p_b, radius_b, /)

Returns 2 points on between intersecting circles.

Parameters

  • p_a (mathutils.Vector) – Center of the first circle

  • radius_a (float) – Radius of the first circle

  • p_b (mathutils.Vector) – Center of the second circle

  • radius_b (float) – Radius of the second circle

Returns

2 points on between intersecting circles or None when there is no intersection.

Return type

tuple[mathutils.Vector, mathutils.Vector] | tuple[None, None]

mathutils.geometry.intersect_tri_tri_2d(tri_a1, tri_a2, tri_a3, tri_b1, tri_b2, tri_b3, /)

Check if two 2D triangles intersect.

Return type

bool

mathutils.geometry.normal(*vectors)

Returns the normal of a 3D polygon.

Parameters

vectors (Sequence[Sequence[float]]) – 3 or more vectors to calculate normals.

Return type

mathutils.Vector

mathutils.geometry.points_in_planes(planes, epsilon_coplanar=1e-4, epsilon_isect=1e-6, /)

Returns a list of points inside all planes given and a list of index values for the planes used.

Parameters

  • planes (list[mathutils.Vector]) – List of planes (4D vectors).

  • epsilon_coplanar (float) – Epsilon value for interpreting plane pairs as co-plannar.

  • epsilon_isect (float) – Epsilon value for intersection.

Returns

Two lists, once containing the 3D coordinates inside the planes, another containing the plane indices used.

Return type

tuple[list[mathutils.Vector], list[int]]

mathutils.geometry.tessellate_polygon(polylines, /)

Takes a list of polylines (each point a pair or triplet of numbers) and returns the point indices for a polyline filled with triangles. Does not handle degenerate geometry (such as zero-length lines due to consecutive identical points).

Parameters

polylines (Sequence[Sequence[Sequence[float]]] :return: A list of triangles.) – Polygons where each polygon is a sequence of 2D or 3D points.

Return type

list[tuple[int, int, int]]

mathutils.geometry.volume_tetrahedron(v1, v2, v3, v4, /)

Return the volume formed by a tetrahedron (points can be in any order).

Parameters
Return type

float