Find the point on the line going through the points L1-L2 that is closest to the point P.

 

 

Syntax

 

float  GEMS_3D_Dist_Point_Line(

          Point_3D *P,

          Point_3D *L1,

          Point_3D *L2,

          Point_3D *Pt=NULL

) ;

 

 

Parameters

 

P

Pointer to the coordinate of the 3D point.

 

L1

Pointer to the first point of the line.

 

L2

Pointer to the second point of the line.

 

Pt

Pointer to a 3D point structure that will contain the coordinate of the closest point to P on the line L1-L2.

 

 

Return value

 

This function return the distance between a point and a line in 3D.

 

 

Remarks

 

 

 

 

Requirements

 

Header:

          sliceO_include.hpp

 

 

Library:

          sliceO_Structures.lib

 

 

 

Example

 

 

See also