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Summary

The utility module was developed in parallel with the geometry module, and it contains various useful classes and functions related to mathematics and computational geometry, while not being directly related to splines.

Data structures

The module contains various templated arrays and optimised vectors.

Geometrical objects

The module contains certain geometrical objects that are ubiquitous in computational geometry, like

  • Point: points
  • BoundingBox, axis-aligned or rotated (RotatedBox), or composite (CompositeBox)
  • Rational: rational numbers
  • BaryCoordSystem: barycentric coordinate systems
  • DirectionCone: a direction cone given by a direction and an angle

Misc.

  • Factorial: Compile-time computation of factorials
  • FunctionMinimizer: A general, nonlinear function minimizer in an arbitrary number of variables. This can be useful in a great number of different settings!

What is GoTools?

GoTools is the group name of many interdependent C++ software modules developed by the geometry group at SINTEF Digital, Department of Mathematics and Cybernetics. Starting around the year 2000, GoTools software has been developed for a range of different applications in many different projects. Most of the functionality is related to geometry, and in particular spline representations of geometry, see the highlights and overview of functionality. For more idetail, see GoTools manual.

License

GoTools is offered with the GNU Affero General Public License version 3. Alternatively, you can be released from the requirements of the license by purchasing a commercial license. Buying such a license is mandatory as soon as you develop commercial activities involving the GoTools library without disclosing the source code of your own applications.

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