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#### Procedure

       SpiceDouble pltvol_c ( SpiceInt           nv,
                              ConstSpiceDouble   vrtces[][3],
                              SpiceInt           np,
                              ConstSpiceInt      plates[][3] )

#### Abstract

       Compute the volume of a three-dimensional region bounded by a
       collection of triangular plates.

#### Required_Reading

       None.

#### Keywords

       DSK
       GEOMETRY
       MATH
       TOPOGRAPHY

#### Brief_I/O

       Variable  I/O  Description
       --------  ---  --------------------------------------------------
       nv         I   Number of vertices.
       vrtces     I   Array of vertices.
       np         I   Number of triangular plates.
       plates     I   Array of plates.

       The function returns the volume of the spatial region bounded
       by the plates.

#### Detailed_Input

       nv             is the number of vertices comprising the plate
                      model.

       vrtces         is an array containing the plate model's vertices.
                      Elements

                         vrtces[i-1][0]
                         vrtces[i-1][1]
                         vrtces[i-1][2]

                      are, respectively, the X, Y, and Z components of
                      the ith vertex, where `i' ranges from 1 to `nv'.

                      This routine doesn't associate units with the
                      vertices.

       np             is the number of triangular plates comprising the
                      plate model.

       plates         is an array containing 3-tuples of integers
                      representing the model's plates. The elements of
                      `plates' are vertex indices. The vertex indices are
                      1-based: vertices have indices ranging from 1 to
                      `nv'. The elements

                         plates[i-1][0]
                         plates[i-1][1]
                         plates[i-1][2]

                      are, respectively, the indices of the vertices
                      comprising the ith plate.

                      Note that the order of the vertices of a plate is
                      significant: the vertices must be ordered in the
                      positive (counterclockwise) sense with respect to
                      the outward normal direction associated with the
                      plate. In other words, if v1, v2, v3 are the
                      vertices of a plate, then

                         ( v2 - v1 )  x  ( v3 - v2 )

                      points in the outward normal direction. Here
                      "x" denotes the vector cross product operator.

#### Detailed_Output

       The function returns the volume of the spatial region bounded
       by the plates.

       If the components of the vertex array have length unit L, then the
       output volume has units

           3
          L

#### Parameters

       None.

#### Exceptions

       1) The input plate model must define a spatial region with
          a boundary. This routine does not check the inputs to
          verify this condition. See the Restrictions section below.

       2) If the number of vertices is less than 4, the error
          SPICE(TOOFEWVERTICES) is signaled.

       3) If the number of plates is less than 4, the error
          SPICE(TOOFEWPLATES) is signaled.

       4) If any plate contains a vertex index outside of the range

             [1, nv]

          the error SPICE(INDEXOUTOFRANGE) will be signaled.

#### Files

       None.

#### Particulars

       This routine computes the volume of a spatial region bounded by
       a set of triangular plates. If the plate set does not actually
       form the boundary of a spatial region, the result of this routine
       is invalid.

       Examples:

          Valid inputs
          ------------
          Tetrahedron
          Box
          Tiled ellipsoid
          Two disjoint boxes

          Invalid inputs
          --------------
          Single plate
          Tiled ellipsoid with one plate removed
          Two boxes with intersection having positive volume

#### Examples

       The numerical results shown for these examples may differ across
       platforms. The results depend on the SPICE kernels used as input
       (if any), the compiler and supporting libraries, and the machine
       specific arithmetic implementation.

       1) Compute the volume of the pyramid defined by the four
          triangular plates whose vertices are the 3-element
          subsets of the set of vectors

             ( 0, 0, 0 )
             ( 1, 0, 0 )
             ( 0, 1, 0 )
             ( 0, 0, 1 )

          Example code begins here.

              /.
              PROGRAM EX1
              ./

              /.
              Compute the volume of a plate model representing the pyramid
              with one vertex at the origin and the other vertices
              coinciding with the standard basis vectors.
              ./

              #include <stdio.h>
              #include "SpiceUsr.h"

              int main()
              {
                 /.
                 Local constants
                 ./
                 #define NVERT           4
                 #define NPLATE          4

                 /.
                 Local variables
                 ./
                 SpiceDouble             vol;

                 /.
                 Let the notation

                    < A, B >

                 denote the dot product of vectors A and B.

                 The plates defined below lie in the following planes,
                 respectively:

                    Plate 1:    { P :  < P, (-1,  0,  0) > = 0 }
                    Plate 2:    { P :  < P, ( 0, -1,  0) > = 0 }
                    Plate 3:    { P :  < P, ( 0,  0, -1) > = 0 }
                    Plate 4:    { P :  < P, ( 1,  1,  1) > = 1 }

                 ./
                 SpiceDouble             vrtces[NVERT ][3] =

                                         { { 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 },
                                           { 1.0, 0.0, 0.0 },
                                           { 0.0, 1.0, 0.0 },
                                           { 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 }  };

                 SpiceInt                plates[NPLATE][3] =

                                         { { 1, 4, 3 },
                                           { 1, 2, 4 },
                                           { 1, 3, 2 },
                                           { 2, 3, 4 }  };

                 vol = pltvol_c( NVERT, vrtces, NPLATE, plates );

                 printf ( "Expected volume =      1/6\n"        );
                 printf ( "Computed volume  =   %24.17e\n", vol );

                 return ( 0 );
              }

       When this program was executed on a PC/Linux/gcc 64-bit platform,
       the output was:

          Expected volume =      1/6
          Computed volume  =    1.66666666666666657e-01

#### Restrictions

       1) The plate collection must describe a surface and enclose a
          volume such that the divergence theorem (see [1]) is
          applicable.

#### Literature_References

       [1]  Calculus, Vol. II. Tom Apostol. John Wiley & Sons, 1969.

#### Author_and_Institution

       N.J. Bachman    (JPL)

#### Version

       -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 24-OCT-2016 (NJB)

#### Index_Entries

       compute plate model volume

#### Link to routine pltvol_c source file pltvol_c.c

    Wed Apr  5 17:54:40 2017