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+## Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Etienne Grossmann <etienne@egdn.net>
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## s = vrml_parallelogram (bnds,...)
+##
+## bnds = [xmin, ymin, zmin; xmax, ymax, zmax]
+##
+## OPTIONS :
+## ---------
+## col, c : 3x1 : Color of surface
+## emit, e : 1 :
+## tran, t : 1 :
+##
+## border,b : 1 :
+## bocol, c : 3 :
+## boemit,e : 1 :
+## borad, r : 1 :
+##
+## balls, b : 1 :
+## bcol, c : 3 :
+## bemit, e : 1 :
+## brad, r : 1 :
+
+function s = vrml_parallelepiped (bnds, varargin)
+
+col = [0.3,0.4,0.9];
+emit = 0;
+tran = 0;
+balls = 0;
+border = 0;
+bcol = btran = bemit = brad = borad = bocol = boemit = nan;
+
+if !isnumeric (bnds)
+ error ("bnds must be a 2 x 3 matrix, not a %s",typeinfo(bnds));
+endif
+if prod (size (bnds)) != 6
+ error ("bnds must be 2 x 3, not %s",sprintf("%i x ",size(bnds))(1:end-3));
+endif
+if nargin > 1
+ op1 = " col emit tran balls border bcol btran bemit brad borad bocol boemit ";
+ df = tars (col,emit,tran,balls,border,bcol,btran,bemit,brad,borad,bocol,boemit);
+ s = read_options (varargin, "op1",op1, "default",df);
+ col=s.col; emit=s.emit; tran=s.tran; balls=s.balls; border=s.border;
+ bcol = s.bcol; btran = s.btran; bemit = s.bemit; brad = s.brad;
+ borad = s.borad; bocol = s.bocol; boemit = s.boemit;
+end
+
+if ! isnan (bcol) ||! isnan (brad) || ! isnan (bemit), balls = 1; end
+if balls
+ if isnan (bcol), bcol = col; end
+ if isnan (btran), btran = tran; end
+ if isnan (brad)
+ brad = (max (abs (diff(bnds))))/20;
+ end
+end
+
+x = [bnds([1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1],1)';\
+ bnds([1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2],2)';\
+ bnds([1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2],3)'];
+
+faces = [1 2 3 4;\
+ 5 6 7 8;\
+ 1 2 6 5;\
+ 2 3 7 6;\
+ 3 4 8 7;\
+ 4 1 5 8]';
+
+ # The facet
+s = vrml_faces (x,faces,"col",col, "tran", tran,"emit",emit);
+
+ # Decoration : balls on vertices
+if balls
+ if isnan (bemit), bemit = emit; end
+ s = [s,vrml_points(x,"balls","rad",brad,"col",bcol,"tran",btran,"emit",bemit)];
+end
+
+ # Decoration : border
+
+if ! isnan (bocol) ||! isnan (borad) || ! isnan (boemit), border = 1; end
+if border
+ if isnan (borad)
+ borad = (norm (x(:,1)-x(:,2))+ norm(x(:,1)-x(:,2)))/80;
+ end
+ if isnan (boemit)
+ if isnan (bemit), boemit = emit; else boemit = bemit; end
+ end
+ if isnan (bocol), bocol = col; end
+
+ if !balls # Make pretty junctions of cylinders
+ s = [s,\
+ vrml_cyl(x(:,[1:columns(x),1]),"rad",borad,"emit",boemit,"col",col),\
+ vrml_points(x(:,1),"balls","rad",borad,"emit",boemit,"col",col)];
+ else # but only if balls don't cover them
+ s = [s,vrml_cyl(x(:,[1:columns(x),1]),"rad",borad,"emit",boemit)];
+ end
+
+end
+
+endfunction
+