Rotating line inside rectangle bounds - c++

Question

What I try to achieve is to rotate a line around rectangle center so it always stays in its bounds touching them (or having some padding).
Now I have the following routine for this, as you see I use tan calculations dividing my rectangle into 8 parts (red lines)
It works so far, but for some reason I have inconsistency using other calculation for radius drawing (green line), the lines won't always match as expected and I wonder why.
Basically the same could be achieved using just sin/cos calculations and finding cross points between lines and rect borders, but for some reason I could not get it to work.
std::pair<Point, Point>
MathUtils::calculateRotatingLine(Size size, double degrees)
{
auto width = size.width;
auto height = size.height;
double diagonalAngleTopRight = radiansToDegrees(atan((width / 2) / (height / 2)));
double diagonalAngleBottomRight = 90 + (90 - diagonalAngleTopRight);
double diagonalAngleBottomLeft = 180 + diagonalAngleTopRight;
double diagonalAngleTopLeft = 180 + diagonalAngleBottomRight;
double x, y;
/*
* *8*1*
* 7* *2
* 6* *3
* *5*4*
*/
// 1
if (degrees >= 0 && degrees <= diagonalAngleTopRight) {
x = width / 2 + height / 2 * tan(degreesToRadians(degrees));
y = 0;
}
// 2
else if (degrees > diagonalAngleTopRight && degrees <= 90) {
x = width;
y = width / 2 * tan(degreesToRadians(degrees - diagonalAngleTopRight));
}
// 3
else if (degrees > 90 && degrees <= diagonalAngleBottomRight) {
x = width;
y = height / 2 + width / 2 * tan(degreesToRadians(degrees - 90));
}
// 4
else if (degrees > diagonalAngleBottomRight && degrees <= 180) {
x = width - height / 2 * tan(degreesToRadians(degrees - diagonalAngleBottomRight));
y = height;
}
// 5
else if (degrees > 180 && degrees <= diagonalAngleBottomLeft) {
x = width / 2 - height / 2 * tan(degreesToRadians(degrees - 180));
y = height;
}
// 6
else if (degrees > diagonalAngleBottomLeft && degrees <= 270) {
x = 0;
y = height - width / 2 * tan(degreesToRadians(degrees - diagonalAngleBottomLeft));
}
// 7
else if (degrees > 270 && degrees <= diagonalAngleTopLeft) {
x = 0;
y = height / 2 - width / 2 * tan(degreesToRadians(degrees - 270));
}
// 8
else {
x = height / 2 * tan(degreesToRadians(degrees - diagonalAngleTopLeft));
y = 0;
}
return {Point{width / 2, height / 2}, Point{x, y}};
}
Green line calculation
Point
MathUtils::calculateCirclePoint(double radius, double degrees)
{
return {radius * cos(degreesToRadians(degrees)), radius * sin(degreesToRadians(degrees))};
}
EDIT
Awesome, it works thanks to #MBo
Point
MathUtils::calculateCrossPoint(Size size, double degrees)
{
auto x0 = size.width / 2;
auto y0 = size.height / 2;
auto vx = cos(degreesToRadians(degrees - 90));
auto vy = sin(degreesToRadians(degrees - 90));
//potential border positions
auto ex = vx > 0 ? size.width : 0;
auto ey = vy > 0 ? size.height : 0;
//check for horizontal/vertical directions
if (vx == 0) {
return {x0, ey};
}
if (vy == 0) {
return {ex, y0};
}
// in general case find times of intersections with horizontal and vertical edge line
auto tx = (ex - x0) / vx;
auto ty = (ey - y0) / vy;
// and get intersection for smaller parameter value
if (tx <= ty) {
return {ex, y0 + tx * vy};
}
return {x0 + ty * vx, ey};
}

Answer 1

Pseudocode to find intersection of ray emitted from rectangle center (with angle an in radians) with edges. (Works also for other (x0,y0) positions)
x0 = width / 2;
y0 = height / 2;
vx = cos(an);
vy = sin(an);
//potential border positions
ex = vx > 0? width: 0
ey = vy > 0? height: 0
//check for horizontal/vertical directions
if vx = 0 then
return cx = x0, cy = ey
if vy = 0 then
return cx = ex, cy = y0
//in general case find times of intersections with horizontal and vertical edge line
tx = (ex - x0) / vx
ty = (ey - y0) / vy
//and get intersection for smaller parameter value
if tx <= ty then
return cx = ex, cy = y0 + tx * vy
else
return cx = x0 + ty * vx, cy = ey