Re: Distance between point and a line passing through other two points

2018-02-07 Thread Richard Damon
On 2/7/18 6:06 AM, Dhananjay wrote: Hello all, I have 3 points with coordinates (x0,y0,z0), (x1,y1,z1) and (x2,y2,z2). I also have a line joining points (x1,y1,z1) and (x2,y2,z2). For example, p0=[5.0, 5.0, 5.0] p1=[3.0, 3.0, 3.0] p2=[4.0, 4.0, 4.0] a = np.array(p0) b = np.array(p1) c = np.arra

Re: Distance between point and a line passing through other two points

2018-02-07 Thread Antoon Pardon
On 07-02-18 12:06, Dhananjay wrote: > Hello all, > > ... > I want to write a script that can calculate shortest distance d between > point (x0,y0,z0) and the line((x1,y1,z1), (x2,y2,z2)). > In other words, > d = distance(a, line(b,c)) > Since I have information of the coordinates of these points on

Re: Distance between point and a line passing through other two points

2018-02-07 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 10:06 PM, Dhananjay wrote: > Hello all, > > I have 3 points with coordinates (x0,y0,z0), (x1,y1,z1) and (x2,y2,z2). > I also have a line joining points (x1,y1,z1) and (x2,y2,z2). > For example, > p0=[5.0, 5.0, 5.0] > p1=[3.0, 3.0, 3.0] > p2=[4.0, 4.0, 4.0] > > a = np.array(p