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Finding plane perpendicular to an objects velocity
I have an object moving at a specific velocity in Vector3, and I can find the velocity through the rigidbody. The thing I'm trying to accomplish is instantiating an object next to the one in question and having it move at the same velocity side-by-side. The only problem is finding out where to instantiate this object. I Don't want it to end up in front of or behind the other object, so I need to find a space perpendicular to the original's direction of motion. I've tried to find a mathematical way of doing this, but I must be missing something because I've come up short of a solution. I was thinking that maybe there was an easy way within Unity, or at least a mathematical solution I could utilize. Any suggestions?
That's exactly what I was looking for! Thank you, I had no idea that Vector3.Cross existed until now. Works perfectly for me, thank you.
given position p = (pi, pj, pk) and velocity v = (vi, vj, vk), the equation of your plane is (vi)x + (vj)y + (vk)z = (pi*vi)+(pj*vj)+(pk*vk) I believe. However a better method for you might be to use Vector3.Cross(Vector3.up, velocity), this will get a direction that is perpendicular to both those vectors, the problem you might have here is if velocity is equal to Vector3.up, but you could handle that case separately as it occurs.
