/// \brief
  ///    Helper function to retrieve current distance to a given plane
  ///
  /// \param vCameraPos
  ///   Camera position to test the distance against
  /// \param fLODScaleSqr
  ///   Square of the LOD scaling factor
  /// \param fPlane
  ///   Reference plane distance, will be subtracted from final result
  ///
  /// \returns
  ///   Relative distance from object to given plane
  inline float GetDistanceToPlane(const hkvVec3& vCameraPos, float fLODScaleSqr=1.f, float fPlane=0.f) const
  {
    int iLODMode = m_iPerformTestFlags&VIS_PERFORM_LODTEST;
    float fDistSqr;
    switch (iLODMode)
    {
    case VIS_LOD_TEST_NONE:
      fDistSqr = 0.0f;
      break;
    case VIS_LOD_TEST_CLIPPOSITION:
      fDistSqr = vCameraPos.getDistanceToSquared(m_vClipReference);
      break;
    case VIS_LOD_TEST_CLIPPOSITION|VIS_LOD_TEST_APPLYLODSCALING:
      fDistSqr = vCameraPos.getDistanceToSquared(m_vClipReference)*fLODScaleSqr;
      break;
    case VIS_LOD_TEST_BOUNDINGBOX:
      fDistSqr = m_BoundingBox.getDistanceToSquared(vCameraPos);
      break;
    case VIS_LOD_TEST_BOUNDINGBOX|VIS_LOD_TEST_APPLYLODSCALING:
      fDistSqr = m_BoundingBox.getDistanceToSquared(vCameraPos)*fLODScaleSqr;
      break;
    default:
      VASSERT_MSG(false,"Invalid combination of LOD flags");
      return false;
    }

    return hkvMath::sqrt(fDistSqr) - fPlane;
  }
 /// \brief
 ///    Helper function for visibility loop implementations
 ///
 /// \param vCameraPos
 ///   Camera position to test LOD clipping
 /// \param fLODScaleSqr
 ///   Square of the LOD scaling factor
 ///
 /// \returns
 ///   true if the object is clipped either by near of far clip distance (if specified)
 inline bool IsNearOrFarClipped(const hkvVec3& vCameraPos, float fLODScaleSqr=1.f) const
 {
   // changes in this function have to be reflected in SPU version IsNearOrFarClipped
   int iLODMode = m_iPerformTestFlags&VIS_PERFORM_LODTEST;
   float fDistSqr;
   switch (iLODMode)
   {
   case VIS_LOD_TEST_NONE:
     return false;
   case VIS_LOD_TEST_CLIPPOSITION:
     fDistSqr = vCameraPos.getDistanceToSquared(m_vClipReference);
     break;
   case VIS_LOD_TEST_CLIPPOSITION|VIS_LOD_TEST_APPLYLODSCALING:
     fDistSqr = vCameraPos.getDistanceToSquared(m_vClipReference)*fLODScaleSqr;
     break;
   case VIS_LOD_TEST_BOUNDINGBOX:
     fDistSqr = m_BoundingBox.getDistanceToSquared(vCameraPos);
     break;
   case VIS_LOD_TEST_BOUNDINGBOX|VIS_LOD_TEST_APPLYLODSCALING:
     fDistSqr = m_BoundingBox.getDistanceToSquared(vCameraPos)*fLODScaleSqr;
     break;
   default:
     VASSERT_MSG(false,"Invalid combination of LOD flags");
     return false;
   }
   return ((m_fNearClipDistance>0.f) && (fDistSqr<(m_fNearClipDistance*m_fNearClipDistance))) 
       || ((m_fFarClipDistance>0.f) && (fDistSqr>=(m_fFarClipDistance*m_fFarClipDistance)));
 }