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What is "AABB"?

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:09 am
by Guest
Hi all,

I sometimes come across this word "AABB" here. What does it mean?

Thanks in advance.
Sam

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:16 am
by BlackNinjaGames
AABB is an Axis-Align Bounding Box.

It's a box that will rotate to fit your mesh as closely as possible.

For a better description [along with a use], check out this site.

Hope that helps.

(By the way, you accidentaly double-posted.)

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:16 am
by Guest
it doesn't rotate. it's axis aligned (to the world axes).

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:40 am
by Browndog
does this mean the aabbox of an object will scale with rotaion of a non-square node to fit the node inside it?

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:44 am
by Guest
yes!

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:56 pm
by Browndog
ahhh good thats what I thought :) thanks