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determinant

The determinant of the matrix. (Read Only)
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Definition

  • Type: Property
  • Namespace: UnityEngine
  • Assembly: UnityEngine.CoreModule
public readonly float determinant { get; }

Remarks

You can not invert matrices with a determinant of zero.
using UnityEngine;public class ExampleScript : MonoBehaviour{ void Update() { // create a transformation matrix with scale, zero position and no rotation var scale = new Vector3(5,3,2); var matrix = Matrix4x4.TRS(Vector3.zero, Quaternion.identity, scale); // determinant of a scaled matrix is volume of the parallelepiped // formed from its axes, in this case 5*3*2=30 Debug.Log(matrix.determinant); }}
See Determinant on Wikipedia for more details.
Additional Resources: Matrix4x4.inverse property, Matrix4x4.Inverse3DAffine method.