asBBox(data)

returns a BBox object.

If object is a BBox, it is returned unaltered

If object is a numpy array, a BBox object is returned that shares a view of the data with that array

fromBBArray(BBarray)

Builds a BBox object from an array of Bounding Boxes. The resulting Bounding Box encompases all the included BBs.

The BBarray is in the shape: (Nx2x2) where BBarray[n] is a 2x2 array that represents a BBox

fromPoints(Points)

fromPoints (Points).

reruns the bounding box of the set of points in Points. Points can be any python object that can be turned into a numpy NX2 array of Floats.

If a single point is passed in, a zero-size Bounding Box is returned.