Trying to find "inverse" vector using two other vectors.

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	Asked By	Batticus

Hopefully I can explain this succinctly. I have two points Point A (Blue) and Point B (Red.) I’m trying to figure out how I would go about finding the “inverse” coordinates, which would result in Desired Point (White.) If the blue point was elsewhere, then the white point would also be elsewhere, but always at the same distance, and at the same angle.

I’m sure I’m just not fluent enough in Vector maths, or maths, to figure it out. I have tried get the angle from Point A to Point B. Then I thought I could rotate that angle 180 degrees, and use the difference between Point A and B as the distance to the new point, but it don’t seem to be as simple as that.

I hope I’m making sense…and apologies for the cheap diagrams.

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	Reply From:	timothybrentwood

I’m sure there’s a better way to do it but:

func get_negative_vector(origin_vector, destination_vector):
	return (destination_vector - origin_vector).tangent().tangent() + origin_vector 

I’m considering origin_vector to be your Point A and destination_vector to be your Point B. Basically, I get the line segment between the two points, rotate it 180 degrees and add it to Point A.

Wooo, that’s beautiful! Thank you so much, it works perfectly. Just gonna make sure I understand exactly what is going before I move on. Very much appreciated!

Batticus | 2021-05-11 17:22