# axis aligned bounding box (AABB)¶

Some convenient functions provided for AABB.

Definition of box:

cglm defines box as two dimensional array of vec3. The first element is min point and the second one is max point. If you have another type e.g. struct or even another representation then you must convert it before and after call cglm box function.

## Functions documentation¶

void glm_aabb_transform(vec3 box[2], mat4 m, vec3 dest[2])
apply transform to Axis-Aligned Bounding Box
Parameters:
[in] box bounding box
[in] m transform matrix
[out] dest transformed bounding box
void glm_aabb_merge(vec3 box1[2], vec3 box2[2], vec3 dest[2])
merges two AABB bounding box and creates new one

two box must be in same space, if one of box is in different space then you should consider to convert it’s space by glm_box_space

Parameters:
[in] box1 bounding box 1
[in] box2 bounding box 2
[out] dest merged bounding box
void glm_aabb_crop(vec3 box[2], vec3 cropBox[2], vec3 dest[2])
crops a bounding box with another one.

this could be useful for gettng a bbox which fits with view frustum and object bounding boxes. In this case you crop view frustum box with objects box

Parameters:
[in] box bounding box 1
[in] cropBox crop box
[out] dest cropped bounding box
void glm_aabb_crop_until(vec3 box[2], vec3 cropBox[2], vec3 clampBox[2], vec3 dest[2])
crops a bounding box with another one.

this could be useful for gettng a bbox which fits with view frustum and object bounding boxes. In this case you crop view frustum box with objects box

Parameters:
[in] box bounding box
[in] cropBox crop box
[in] clampBox miniumum box
[out] dest cropped bounding box
bool glm_aabb_frustum(vec3 box[2], vec4 planes[6])
check if AABB intersects with frustum planes

this could be useful for frustum culling using AABB.

OPTIMIZATION HINT:
if planes order is similar to LEFT, RIGHT, BOTTOM, TOP, NEAR, FAR then this method should run even faster because it would only use two planes if object is not inside the two planes fortunately cglm extracts planes as this order! just pass what you got!
Parameters:
[in] box bounding box
[out] planes frustum planes
void glm_aabb_invalidate(vec3 box[2])
invalidate AABB min and max values
It fills max values with -FLT_MAX and min values with +FLT_MAX
Parameters:
[in, out] box bounding box
bool glm_aabb_isvalid(vec3 box[2])
check if AABB is valid or not
Parameters:
[in] box bounding box
Returns:
returns true if aabb is valid otherwise false
float glm_aabb_size(vec3 box[2])
distance between of min and max
Parameters:
[in] box bounding box
Returns:
distance between min - max
float glm_aabb_radius(vec3 box[2])
radius of sphere which surrounds AABB
Parameters:
[in] box bounding box
void glm_aabb_center(vec3 box[2], vec3 dest)
computes center point of AABB
Parameters:
[in] box bounding box
[out] dest center of bounding box
bool glm_aabb_aabb(vec3 box[2], vec3 other[2])
check if two AABB intersects
Parameters:
[in] box bounding box
[out] other other bounding box
bool glm_aabb_sphere(vec3 box[2], vec4 s)
check if AABB intersects with sphere
Parameters:
[in] box solid bounding box
[out] s solid sphere
bool glm_aabb_point(vec3 box[2], vec3 point)
check if point is inside of AABB
Parameters:
[in] box bounding box
[out] point point
bool glm_aabb_contains(vec3 box[2], vec3 other[2])
check if AABB contains other AABB
Parameters:
[in] box bounding box
[out] other other bounding box