QMatrix4x4 Class

The QMatrix4x4 class represents a 4x4 transformation matrix in 3D space. More...

Header:	#include <QMatrix4x4>
qmake:	QT += gui
Since:	Qt 4.6

This class was introduced in Qt 4.6.

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Public Functions

	QMatrix4x4(const QMatrix &matrix)
	QMatrix4x4(const QTransform &transform)
	QMatrix4x4(const QGenericMatrix<N, M, float> &matrix = ...)
	QMatrix4x4(float m11, float m12, float m13, float m14, float m21, float m22, float m23, float m24, float m31, float m32, float m33, float m34, float m41, float m42, float m43, float m44)
	QMatrix4x4(const float *values)
	QMatrix4x4()
QVector4D	column(int index) const
const float *	constData() const
void	copyDataTo(float *values) const
float *	data()
const float *	data() const
double	determinant() const
void	fill(float value)
void	frustum(float left, float right, float bottom, float top, float nearPlane, float farPlane)
QMatrix4x4	inverted(bool *invertible = nullptr) const
bool	isAffine() const
bool	isIdentity() const
void	lookAt(const QVector3D &eye, const QVector3D &center, const QVector3D &up)
QPoint	map(const QPoint &point) const
QPointF	map(const QPointF &point) const
QVector3D	map(const QVector3D &point) const
QVector4D	map(const QVector4D &point) const
QRect	mapRect(const QRect &rect) const
QRectF	mapRect(const QRectF &rect) const
QVector3D	mapVector(const QVector3D &vector) const
QMatrix3x3	normalMatrix() const
void	optimize()
void	ortho(float left, float right, float bottom, float top, float nearPlane, float farPlane)
void	ortho(const QRect &rect)
void	ortho(const QRectF &rect)
void	perspective(float verticalAngle, float aspectRatio, float nearPlane, float farPlane)
void	rotate(float angle, const QVector3D &vector)
void	rotate(float angle, float x, float y, float z = 0.0f)
void	rotate(const QQuaternion &quaternion)
QVector4D	row(int index) const
void	scale(const QVector3D &vector)
void	scale(float x, float y)
void	scale(float x, float y, float z)
void	scale(float factor)
void	setColumn(int index, const QVector4D &value)
void	setRow(int index, const QVector4D &value)
void	setToIdentity()
QMatrix	toAffine() const
QGenericMatrix<N, M, float>	toGenericMatrix() const
QTransform	toTransform() const
QTransform	toTransform(float distanceToPlane) const
void	translate(const QVector3D &vector)
void	translate(float x, float y)
void	translate(float x, float y, float z)
QMatrix4x4	transposed() const
void	viewport(float left, float bottom, float width, float height, float nearPlane = 0.0f, float farPlane = 1.0f)
void	viewport(const QRectF &rect)
QVariant	operator QVariant() const
bool	operator!=(const QMatrix4x4 &other) const
const float &	operator()(int row, int column) const
float &	operator()(int row, int column)
QMatrix4x4 &	operator*=(const QMatrix4x4 &other)
QMatrix4x4 &	operator*=(float factor)
QMatrix4x4 &	operator+=(const QMatrix4x4 &other)
QMatrix4x4 &	operator-=(const QMatrix4x4 &other)
QMatrix4x4 &	operator/=(float divisor)
bool	operator==(const QMatrix4x4 &other) const

Related Non-Members

bool	qFuzzyCompare(const QMatrix4x4 &m1, const QMatrix4x4 &m2)
QMatrix4x4	operator*(const QMatrix4x4 &m1, const QMatrix4x4 &m2)
QPoint	operator*(const QPoint &point, const QMatrix4x4 &matrix)
QPointF	operator*(const QPointF &point, const QMatrix4x4 &matrix)
QPoint	operator*(const QMatrix4x4 &matrix, const QPoint &point)
QVector4D	operator*(const QVector4D &vector, const QMatrix4x4 &matrix)
QVector3D	operator*(const QVector3D &vector, const QMatrix4x4 &matrix)
QPointF	operator*(const QMatrix4x4 &matrix, const QPointF &point)
QVector4D	operator*(const QMatrix4x4 &matrix, const QVector4D &vector)
QVector3D	operator*(const QMatrix4x4 &matrix, const QVector3D &vector)
QMatrix4x4	operator*(float factor, const QMatrix4x4 &matrix)
QMatrix4x4	operator*(const QMatrix4x4 &matrix, float factor)
QMatrix4x4	operator+(const QMatrix4x4 &m1, const QMatrix4x4 &m2)
QMatrix4x4	operator-(const QMatrix4x4 &m1, const QMatrix4x4 &m2)
QMatrix4x4	operator-(const QMatrix4x4 &matrix)
QMatrix4x4	operator/(const QMatrix4x4 &matrix, float divisor)
QDataStream &	operator<<(QDataStream &stream, const QMatrix4x4 &matrix)
QDataStream &	operator>>(QDataStream &stream, QMatrix4x4 &matrix)

Detailed Description

The QMatrix4x4 class in general is treated as a row-major matrix, in that the constructors and operator() functions take data in row-major format, as is familiar in C-style usage.

Internally the data is stored as column-major format, so as to be optimal for passing to OpenGL functions, which expect column-major data.

When using these functions be aware that they return data in column-major format:

• data()
• constData()

See also QVector3D and QGenericMatrix.

Member Function Documentation

QMatrix4x4::QMatrix4x4(const QMatrix &matrix)

Constructs a 4x4 matrix from a conventional Qt 2D affine transformation matrix.

If matrix has a special type (identity, translate, scale, etc), the programmer should follow this constructor with a call to optimize() if they wish QMatrix4x4 to optimize further calls to translate(), scale(), etc.

See also toAffine() and optimize().

QMatrix4x4::QMatrix4x4(const QTransform &transform)

Constructs a 4x4 matrix from the conventional Qt 2D transformation matrix transform.

If transform has a special type (identity, translate, scale, etc), the programmer should follow this constructor with a call to optimize() if they wish QMatrix4x4 to optimize further calls to translate(), scale(), etc.

See also toTransform() and optimize().

QMatrix4x4::QMatrix4x4(const QGenericMatrix<N, M, float> &matrix = ...)

Constructs a 4x4 matrix from the left-most 4 columns and top-most 4 rows of matrix. If matrix has less than 4 columns or rows, the remaining elements are filled with elements from the identity matrix.

See also toGenericMatrix().

QMatrix4x4::QMatrix4x4(float m11, float m12, float m13, float m14, float m21, float m22, float m23, float m24, float m31, float m32, float m33, float m34, float m41, float m42, float m43, float m44)

Constructs a matrix from the 16 elements m11, m12, m13, m14, m21, m22, m23, m24, m31, m32, m33, m34, m41, m42, m43, and m44. The elements are specified in row-major order.

If the matrix has a special type (identity, translate, scale, etc), the programmer should follow this constructor with a call to optimize() if they wish QMatrix4x4 to optimize further calls to translate(), scale(), etc.

See also optimize().

QMatrix4x4::QMatrix4x4(const float *values)

Constructs a matrix from the given 16 floating-point values. The contents of the array values is assumed to be in row-major order.

If the matrix has a special type (identity, translate, scale, etc), the programmer should follow this constructor with a call to optimize() if they wish QMatrix4x4 to optimize further calls to translate(), scale(), etc.

See also copyDataTo() and optimize().

QMatrix4x4::QMatrix4x4()

Constructs an identity matrix.

QVector4D QMatrix4x4::column(int index) const

Returns the elements of column index as a 4D vector.

See also setColumn() and row().

const float *QMatrix4x4::constData() const

Returns a constant pointer to the raw data of this matrix. This raw data is stored in column-major format.

See also data().

void QMatrix4x4::copyDataTo(float *values) const

Retrieves the 16 items in this matrix and copies them to values in row-major order.

float *QMatrix4x4::data()

Returns a pointer to the raw data of this matrix.

See also constData() and optimize().

const float *QMatrix4x4::data() const

Returns a constant pointer to the raw data of this matrix. This raw data is stored in column-major format.

See also constData().

double QMatrix4x4::determinant() const

Returns the determinant of this matrix.

void QMatrix4x4::fill(float value)

Fills all elements of this matrx with value.

void QMatrix4x4::frustum(float left, float right, float bottom, float top, float nearPlane, float farPlane)

Multiplies this matrix by another that applies a perspective frustum projection for a window with lower-left corner (left, bottom), upper-right corner (right, top), and the specified nearPlane and farPlane clipping planes.

See also ortho() and perspective().

QMatrix4x4 QMatrix4x4::inverted(bool *invertible = nullptr) const

Returns the inverse of this matrix. Returns the identity if this matrix cannot be inverted; i.e. determinant() is zero. If invertible is not null, then true will be written to that location if the matrix can be inverted; false otherwise.

If the matrix is recognized as the identity or an orthonormal matrix, then this function will quickly invert the matrix using optimized routines.

See also determinant() and normalMatrix().

bool QMatrix4x4::isAffine() const

Returns true if this matrix is affine matrix; false otherwise.

An affine matrix is a 4x4 matrix with row 3 equal to (0, 0, 0, 1), e.g. no projective coefficients.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.5.

See also isIdentity().

bool QMatrix4x4::isIdentity() const

Returns true if this matrix is the identity; false otherwise.

See also setToIdentity().

void QMatrix4x4::lookAt(const QVector3D &eye, const QVector3D &center, const QVector3D &up)

Multiplies this matrix by a viewing matrix derived from an eye point. The center value indicates the center of the view that the eye is looking at. The up value indicates which direction should be considered up with respect to the eye.

Note: The up vector must not be parallel to the line of sight from eye to center.

QPoint QMatrix4x4::map(const QPoint &point) const

Maps point by multiplying this matrix by point.

See also mapRect().

QPointF QMatrix4x4::map(const QPointF &point) const

Maps point by multiplying this matrix by point.

See also mapRect().

QVector3D QMatrix4x4::map(const QVector3D &point) const

Maps point by multiplying this matrix by point.

See also mapRect() and mapVector().

QVector4D QMatrix4x4::map(const QVector4D &point) const

Maps point by multiplying this matrix by point.

See also mapRect().

QRect QMatrix4x4::mapRect(const QRect &rect) const

Maps rect by multiplying this matrix by the corners of rect and then forming a new rectangle from the results. The returned rectangle will be an ordinary 2D rectangle with sides parallel to the horizontal and vertical axes.

See also map().

QRectF QMatrix4x4::mapRect(const QRectF &rect) const

Maps rect by multiplying this matrix by the corners of rect and then forming a new rectangle from the results. The returned rectangle will be an ordinary 2D rectangle with sides parallel to the horizontal and vertical axes.

See also map().

QVector3D QMatrix4x4::mapVector(const QVector3D &vector) const

Maps vector by multiplying the top 3x3 portion of this matrix by vector. The translation and projection components of this matrix are ignored.

See also map().

QMatrix3x3 QMatrix4x4::normalMatrix() const

Returns the normal matrix corresponding to this 4x4 transformation. The normal matrix is the transpose of the inverse of the top-left 3x3 part of this 4x4 matrix. If the 3x3 sub-matrix is not invertible, this function returns the identity.

See also inverted().

void QMatrix4x4::optimize()

Optimize the usage of this matrix from its current elements.

Some operations such as translate(), scale(), and rotate() can be performed more efficiently if the matrix being modified is already known to be the identity, a previous translate(), a previous scale(), etc.

Normally the QMatrix4x4 class keeps track of this special type internally as operations are performed. However, if the matrix is modified directly with {QLoggingCategory::operator()}{operator()()} or data(), then QMatrix4x4 will lose track of the special type and will revert to the safest but least efficient operations thereafter.

By calling optimize() after directly modifying the matrix, the programmer can force QMatrix4x4 to recover the special type if the elements appear to conform to one of the known optimized types.

See also operator()(), data(), and translate().

void QMatrix4x4::ortho(float left, float right, float bottom, float top, float nearPlane, float farPlane)

Multiplies this matrix by another that applies an orthographic projection for a window with lower-left corner (left, bottom), upper-right corner (right, top), and the specified nearPlane and farPlane clipping planes.

See also frustum() and perspective().

void QMatrix4x4::ortho(const QRect &rect)

This is an overloaded function.

Multiplies this matrix by another that applies an orthographic projection for a window with boundaries specified by rect. The near and far clipping planes will be -1 and 1 respectively.

See also frustum() and perspective().

void QMatrix4x4::ortho(const QRectF &rect)

This is an overloaded function.

Multiplies this matrix by another that applies an orthographic projection for a window with boundaries specified by rect. The near and far clipping planes will be -1 and 1 respectively.

See also frustum() and perspective().

void QMatrix4x4::perspective(float verticalAngle, float aspectRatio, float nearPlane, float farPlane)

Multiplies this matrix by another that applies a perspective projection. The vertical field of view will be verticalAngle degrees within a window with a given aspectRatio that determines the horizontal field of view. The projection will have the specified nearPlane and farPlane clipping planes which are the distances from the viewer to the corresponding planes.

See also ortho() and frustum().

void QMatrix4x4::rotate(float angle, const QVector3D &vector)

Multiples this matrix by another that rotates coordinates through angle degrees about vector.

See also scale() and translate().

void QMatrix4x4::rotate(float angle, float x, float y, float z = 0.0f)

This is an overloaded function.

Multiplies this matrix by another that rotates coordinates through angle degrees about the vector (x, y, z).

See also scale() and translate().

void QMatrix4x4::rotate(const QQuaternion &quaternion)

Multiples this matrix by another that rotates coordinates according to a specified quaternion. The quaternion is assumed to have been normalized.

See also scale(), translate(), and QQuaternion.

QVector4D QMatrix4x4::row(int index) const

Returns the elements of row index as a 4D vector.

See also setRow() and column().

void QMatrix4x4::scale(const QVector3D &vector)

Multiplies this matrix by another that scales coordinates by the components of vector.

See also translate() and rotate().

void QMatrix4x4::scale(float x, float y)

This is an overloaded function.

Multiplies this matrix by another that scales coordinates by the components x, and y.

See also translate() and rotate().

void QMatrix4x4::scale(float x, float y, float z)

This is an overloaded function.

Multiplies this matrix by another that scales coordinates by the components x, y, and z.

See also translate() and rotate().

void QMatrix4x4::scale(float factor)

This is an overloaded function.

Multiplies this matrix by another that scales coordinates by the given factor.

See also translate() and rotate().

void QMatrix4x4::setColumn(int index, const QVector4D &value)

Sets the elements of column index to the components of value.

See also column() and setRow().

void QMatrix4x4::setRow(int index, const QVector4D &value)

Sets the elements of row index to the components of value.

See also row() and setColumn().

void QMatrix4x4::setToIdentity()

Sets this matrix to the identity.

See also isIdentity().

QMatrix QMatrix4x4::toAffine() const

Returns the conventional Qt 2D affine transformation matrix that corresponds to this matrix. It is assumed that this matrix only contains 2D affine transformation elements.

See also toTransform().

QGenericMatrix<N, M, float> QMatrix4x4::toGenericMatrix() const

Constructs a NxM generic matrix from the left-most N columns and top-most M rows of this 4x4 matrix. If N or M is greater than 4, then the remaining elements are filled with elements from the identity matrix.

QTransform QMatrix4x4::toTransform() const

Returns the conventional Qt 2D transformation matrix that corresponds to this matrix.

The returned QTransform is formed by simply dropping the third row and third column of the QMatrix4x4. This is suitable for implementing orthographic projections where the z co-ordinate should be dropped rather than projected.

See also toAffine().

QTransform QMatrix4x4::toTransform(float distanceToPlane) const

Returns the conventional Qt 2D transformation matrix that corresponds to this matrix.

If distanceToPlane is non-zero, it indicates a projection factor to use to adjust for the z co-ordinate. The value of 1024 corresponds to the projection factor used by QTransform::rotate() for the x and y axes.

If distanceToPlane is zero, then the returned QTransform is formed by simply dropping the third row and third column of the QMatrix4x4. This is suitable for implementing orthographic projections where the z co-ordinate should be dropped rather than projected.

See also toAffine().

void QMatrix4x4::translate(const QVector3D &vector)

Multiplies this matrix by another that translates coordinates by the components of vector.

See also scale() and rotate().

void QMatrix4x4::translate(float x, float y)

This is an overloaded function.

Multiplies this matrix by another that translates coordinates by the components x, and y.

See also scale() and rotate().

void QMatrix4x4::translate(float x, float y, float z)

This is an overloaded function.

Multiplies this matrix by another that translates coordinates by the components x, y, and z.

See also scale() and rotate().

QMatrix4x4 QMatrix4x4::transposed() const

Returns this matrix, transposed about its diagonal.

void QMatrix4x4::viewport(float left, float bottom, float width, float height, float nearPlane = 0.0f, float farPlane = 1.0f)

Multiplies this matrix by another that performs the scale and bias transformation used by OpenGL to transform from normalized device coordinates (NDC) to viewport (window) coordinates. That is it maps points from the cube ranging over [-1, 1] in each dimension to the viewport with it's near-lower-left corner at (left, bottom, nearPlane) and with size (width, height, farPlane - nearPlane).

This matches the transform used by the fixed function OpenGL viewport transform controlled by the functions glViewport() and glDepthRange().

void QMatrix4x4::viewport(const QRectF &rect)

This is an overloaded function.

Sets up viewport transform for viewport bounded by rect and with near and far set to 0 and 1 respectively.

QVariant QMatrix4x4::operator QVariant() const

Returns the matrix as a QVariant.

bool QMatrix4x4::operator!=(const QMatrix4x4 &other) const

Returns true if this matrix is not identical to other; false otherwise. This operator uses an exact floating-point comparison.

const float &QMatrix4x4::operator()(int row, int column) const

Returns a constant reference to the element at position (row, column) in this matrix.

See also column() and row().

float &QMatrix4x4::operator()(int row, int column)

Returns a reference to the element at position (row, column) in this matrix so that the element can be assigned to.

See also optimize(), setColumn(), and setRow().

QMatrix4x4 &QMatrix4x4::operator*=(const QMatrix4x4 &other)

Multiplies the contents of other by this matrix.

QMatrix4x4 &QMatrix4x4::operator*=(float factor)

This is an overloaded function.

Multiplies all elements of this matrix by factor.

QMatrix4x4 &QMatrix4x4::operator+=(const QMatrix4x4 &other)

Adds the contents of other to this matrix.

QMatrix4x4 &QMatrix4x4::operator-=(const QMatrix4x4 &other)

Subtracts the contents of other from this matrix.

QMatrix4x4 &QMatrix4x4::operator/=(float divisor)

This is an overloaded function.

Divides all elements of this matrix by divisor.

bool QMatrix4x4::operator==(const QMatrix4x4 &other) const

Returns true if this matrix is identical to other; false otherwise. This operator uses an exact floating-point comparison.