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From: Jeremias Kangas
Subject: Distance from 3d line to point.
Date: 21 Jan 2001 13:51:52
Message: <B690FD4E.7D4D%jeremias.kangas@pooki.oulunsalo.fi>

Does anybody know how to calculate distance from line segment defined with
two points to point?

Jeremias

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From: Chris Huff
Subject: Re: Distance from 3d line to point.
Date: 21 Jan 2001 14:01:19
Message: <chrishuff-4F7059.14022521012001@news.povray.org>

In article <B690FD4E.7D4D%jer### [at] pookioulunsalofi>, Jeremias 
Kangas <jer### [at] pookioulunsalofi> wrote:

> Does anybody know how to calculate distance from line segment defined with
> two points to point?

http://www.swin.edu.au/astronomy/pbourke/geometry/

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From: Ron Parker
Subject: Re: Distance from 3d line to point.
Date: 21 Jan 2001 14:02:25
Message: <slrn96mci3.1n5.ron.parker@fwi.com>

On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 20:55:42 +0200, Jeremias Kangas wrote:
>Does anybody know how to calculate distance from line segment defined with
>two points to point?

This question was asked recently in povray.advanced-users.  Look for a
post entitled "Distance to line segment?" sometime within the past two
months or so.

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Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
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From: Jeremias Kangas
Subject: Re: Distance from 3d line to point.
Date: 23 Jan 2001 13:35:49
Message: <B6939C8C.7E84%jeremias.kangas@pooki.oulunsalo.fi>

Thanks!

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