boxx.Rd
\name{boxx}
\Rdversion{1.1}
\alias{boxx}
\title{
Multi-Dimensional Box
}
\description{
Creates an object representing a multi-dimensional box.
}
\usage{
boxx(..., unitname = NULL)
}
\arguments{
\item{\dots}{
Dimensions of the box. Vectors of length 2.
}
\item{unitname}{
Optional. Name of the unit of length. See Details.
}
}
\details{
This function creates an object representing
a multi-dimensional rectangular parallelepiped (box)
with sides parallel to the coordinate axes.
The object can be used to specify the domain of a multi-dimensional
point pattern (see \code{\link{ppx}}) and in various
geometrical calculations (see \code{\link{volume.boxx}},
\code{\link{diameter.boxx}}, \code{\link{eroded.volumes}}).
The optional argument \code{unitname} specifies the name
of the unit of length. See \code{\link{unitname}}
for valid formats.
}
\value{
An object of class \code{"boxx"}. There is a print method for this class.
}
\author{Adrian Baddeley
\email{Adrian.Baddeley@csiro.au}
\url{http://www.maths.uwa.edu.au/~adrian/}
and Rolf Turner
\email{r.turner@auckland.ac.nz}
}
\seealso{
\code{\link{ppx}},
\code{\link{volume.boxx}},
\code{\link{diameter.boxx}},
\code{\link{eroded.volumes.boxx}}.
}
\examples{
boxx(c(0,10),c(0,10),c(0,5),c(0,1), unitname=c("metre","metres"))
}
\keyword{spatial}
\keyword{datagen}