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diff --git a/core/math/basis.cpp b/core/math/basis.cpp
index b5e25fb837..5c42213e61 100644
--- a/core/math/basis.cpp
+++ b/core/math/basis.cpp
@@ -381,6 +381,18 @@ Quaternion Basis::get_rotation_quaternion() const {
return m.get_quaternion();
}
+void Basis::rotate_to_align(Vector3 p_start_direction, Vector3 p_end_direction) {
+ // Takes two vectors and rotates the basis from the first vector to the second vector.
+ // Adopted from: https://gist.github.com/kevinmoran/b45980723e53edeb8a5a43c49f134724
+ const Vector3 axis = p_start_direction.cross(p_end_direction).normalized();
+ if (axis.length_squared() != 0) {
+ real_t dot = p_start_direction.dot(p_end_direction);
+ dot = CLAMP(dot, -1.0, 1.0);
+ const real_t angle_rads = Math::acos(dot);
+ set_axis_angle(axis, angle_rads);
+ }
+}
+
void Basis::get_rotation_axis_angle(Vector3 &p_axis, real_t &p_angle) const {
// Assumes that the matrix can be decomposed into a proper rotation and scaling matrix as M = R.S,
// and returns the Euler angles corresponding to the rotation part, complementing get_scale().