<scene>.intersect

This command will intersect a line with the world

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lineBegin

[x,y,z] position of begin point of intersection line.

lineEnd

[x,y,z] position of end point of intersection line.

all = False

If True, causes intersect to return a list of intersect objects for all intersections, not just the first.

ignoreBackFace = False

If True, back facing polygons will be ignored during the intersection test.

Remarks

This command checks if the specified line intersects with any objects in the scene. It will return a viz.Intersect object containing info about the intersection results.

Return Value

The return value is a viz.Intersect object or a list of viz.Intersect objects if parameter all is true.

The following is a list of fields of the viz.Intersect object:

Attribute
valid	True if the line intersected, False if it didn't.
point	The point the line intersected with the object.
normal	The normal vector of the intersect point.
object	The geometry object the line intersected with.
name	The name of the subobject that the line intersected with.

Example