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distance

  

find the distance between two given objects

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

distance(A, B)

distance(l1, l2)

distance(p1, p2)

distance(A, l1)

distance(A, p1)

distance(l1, p1)

Parameters

A, B

-

points

l1, l2

-

lines

p1, p2

-

planes

Description

• 

The routine computes the distance between two given objects: points, lines, and planes, or any combination of these.

• 

The command with(geom3d,distance) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.

Examples

Distance from a point to a plane

(1)

Find the distance from a point to a straight line

(2)

Find the two points on the line == at a distance of 7 units from the plane =5.

coordinates of the two points are

(3)

See Also

assume

geom3d[sides]

geometry[distance]

Student[Precalculus][Distance]

 


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