Complete Maya Programming Volume II

2~ CHAPTER 3 Vectors

$v = unit( $v )-

$1en = mag( $v ).

print $1en" // Prints 1.0

FLOAT ARRAY

If the vector is a float array, the

normalize

command can be used.

float $v[] = {2.4, 4.6, 7.3}-

float $1en = normalize( $v )-

print $1en-

3.8.2

C++ API

To normalize the vector, call the normalize function. This will perform an in-place

normalization.

MVector v"

v.normal ize( ) •

To get a copy of the vector, but with unit length, use the normal function. This

makes a copy of the vector, normalizes it, and returns it. The original vector is left

untouched.

MVector v-

MVector norm = v.normal()- ...