Module: quat2

Dual Quaternion
Format: [real, dual]
Quaternion format: XYZW
Make sure to have normalized dual quaternions, otherwise the functions may not work as intended.
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Members

(static, constant) getReal

Gets the real part of a dual quat
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Methods

(static) add(out, a, b) → {quat2}

Adds two dual quat's
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving dual quaternion
a quat2 the first operand
b quat2 the second operand
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) clone(a) → {quat2}

Creates a new quat initialized with values from an existing quaternion
Parameters:
Name Type Description
a quat2 dual quaternion to clone
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Returns:
new dual quaternion
Type
quat2

(static) conjugate(out, a) → {quat2}

Calculates the conjugate of a dual quat If the dual quaternion is normalized, this function is faster than quat2.inverse and produces the same result.
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving quaternion
a quat2 quat to calculate conjugate of
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) copy(out, a) → {quat2}

Copy the values from one dual quat to another
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving dual quaternion
a quat2 the source dual quaternion
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) create() → {quat2}

Creates a new identity dual quat
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Returns:
a new dual quaternion [real -> rotation, dual -> translation]
Type
quat2

(static) dot(a, b) → {Number}

Calculates the dot product of two dual quat's (The dot product of the real parts)
Parameters:
Name Type Description
a quat2 the first operand
b quat2 the second operand
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Returns:
dot product of a and b
Type
Number

(static) equals(a, b) → {Boolean}

Returns whether or not the dual quaternions have approximately the same elements in the same position.
Parameters:
Name Type Description
a quat2 the first dual quat.
b quat2 the second dual quat.
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Returns:
true if the dual quats are equal, false otherwise.
Type
Boolean

(static) exactEquals(a, b) → {Boolean}

Returns whether or not the dual quaternions have exactly the same elements in the same position (when compared with ===)
Parameters:
Name Type Description
a quat2 the first dual quaternion.
b quat2 the second dual quaternion.
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Returns:
true if the dual quaternions are equal, false otherwise.
Type
Boolean

(static) fromMat4(out, a) → {quat2}

Creates a new dual quat from a matrix (4x4)
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the dual quaternion
a mat4 the matrix
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Returns:
dual quat receiving operation result
Type
quat2

(static) fromRotation(dual, q) → {quat2}

Creates a dual quat from a quaternion
Parameters:
Name Type Description
dual quat2 quaternion receiving operation result
q quat the quaternion
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Returns:
dual quaternion receiving operation result
Type
quat2

(static) fromRotationTranslation(dual, q, t) → {quat2}

Creates a dual quat from a quaternion and a translation
Parameters:
Name Type Description
dual quat2 quaternion receiving operation result
q quat quaternion
t vec3 tranlation vector
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Returns:
dual quaternion receiving operation result
Type
quat2

(static) fromRotationTranslationValues(x1, y1, z1, w1, x2, y2, z2) → {quat2}

Creates a new dual quat from the given values (quat and translation)
Parameters:
Name Type Description
x1 Number X component
y1 Number Y component
z1 Number Z component
w1 Number W component
x2 Number X component (translation)
y2 Number Y component (translation)
z2 Number Z component (translation)
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Returns:
new dual quaternion
Type
quat2

(static) fromTranslation(dual, t) → {quat2}

Creates a dual quat from a translation
Parameters:
Name Type Description
dual quat2 quaternion receiving operation result
t vec3 translation vector
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Returns:
dual quaternion receiving operation result
Type
quat2

(static) fromValues(x1, y1, z1, w1, x2, y2, z2, w2) → {quat2}

Creates a new dual quat initialized with the given values
Parameters:
Name Type Description
x1 Number X component
y1 Number Y component
z1 Number Z component
w1 Number W component
x2 Number X component
y2 Number Y component
z2 Number Z component
w2 Number W component
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Returns:
new dual quaternion
Type
quat2

(static) getDual(out, a) → {quat}

Gets the dual part of a dual quat
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat dual part
a quat2 Dual Quaternion
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Returns:
dual part
Type
quat

(static) getTranslation(out, a) → {vec3}

Gets the translation of a normalized dual quat
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out vec3 translation
a quat2 Dual Quaternion to be decomposed
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Returns:
translation
Type
vec3

(static) identity(out) → {quat2}

Set a dual quat to the identity dual quaternion
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving quaternion
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) invert(out, a) → {quat2}

Calculates the inverse of a dual quat. If they are normalized, conjugate is cheaper
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving dual quaternion
a quat2 dual quat to calculate inverse of
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) len()

Alias for quat2.length
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(static) length(a) → {Number}

Calculates the length of a dual quat
Parameters:
Name Type Description
a quat2 dual quat to calculate length of
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Returns:
length of a
Type
Number

(static) lerp(out, a, b, t) → {quat2}

Performs a linear interpolation between two dual quats's NOTE: The resulting dual quaternions won't always be normalized (The error is most noticeable when t = 0.5)
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving dual quat
a quat2 the first operand
b quat2 the second operand
t Number interpolation amount, in the range [0-1], between the two inputs
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) mul()

Alias for quat2.multiply
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(static) multiply(out, a, b) → {quat2}

Multiplies two dual quat's
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving dual quaternion
a quat2 the first operand
b quat2 the second operand
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) normalize(out, a) → {quat2}

Normalize a dual quat
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving dual quaternion
a quat2 dual quaternion to normalize
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) rotateAroundAxis(out, a, axis, rad) → {quat2}

Rotates a dual quat around a given axis. Does the normalisation automatically
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving dual quaternion
a quat2 the dual quaternion to rotate
axis vec3 the axis to rotate around
rad Number how far the rotation should be
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) rotateByQuatAppend(out, a, q) → {quat2}

Rotates a dual quat by a given quaternion (a * q)
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving dual quaternion
a quat2 the dual quaternion to rotate
q quat quaternion to rotate by
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) rotateByQuatPrepend(out, q, a) → {quat2}

Rotates a dual quat by a given quaternion (q * a)
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving dual quaternion
q quat quaternion to rotate by
a quat2 the dual quaternion to rotate
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) rotateX(out, a, rad) → {quat2}

Rotates a dual quat around the X axis
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving dual quaternion
a quat2 the dual quaternion to rotate
rad number how far should the rotation be
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) rotateY(out, a, rad) → {quat2}

Rotates a dual quat around the Y axis
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving dual quaternion
a quat2 the dual quaternion to rotate
rad number how far should the rotation be
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) rotateZ(out, a, rad) → {quat2}

Rotates a dual quat around the Z axis
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving dual quaternion
a quat2 the dual quaternion to rotate
rad number how far should the rotation be
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) scale(out, a, b) → {quat2}

Scales a dual quat by a scalar number
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving dual quat
a quat2 the dual quat to scale
b Number amount to scale the dual quat by
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) set(out, x1, y1, z1, w1, x2, y2, z2, w2) → {quat2}

Set the components of a dual quat to the given values
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving quaternion
x1 Number X component
y1 Number Y component
z1 Number Z component
w1 Number W component
x2 Number X component
y2 Number Y component
z2 Number Z component
w2 Number W component
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) setDual(out, q) → {quat2}

Set the dual component of a dual quat to the given quaternion
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving quaternion
q quat a quaternion representing the dual part
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) setReal(out, q) → {quat2}

Set the real component of a dual quat to the given quaternion
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving quaternion
q quat a quaternion representing the real part
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2

(static) sqrLen()

Alias for quat2.squaredLength
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(static) squaredLength(a) → {Number}

Calculates the squared length of a dual quat
Parameters:
Name Type Description
a quat2 dual quat to calculate squared length of
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Returns:
squared length of a
Type
Number

(static) str(a) → {String}

Returns a string representation of a dual quatenion
Parameters:
Name Type Description
a quat2 dual quaternion to represent as a string
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Returns:
string representation of the dual quat
Type
String

(static) translate(out, a, v) → {quat2}

Translates a dual quat by the given vector
Parameters:
Name Type Description
out quat2 the receiving dual quaternion
a quat2 the dual quaternion to translate
v vec3 vector to translate by
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Returns:
out
Type
quat2