SGsurfacedistance
by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - Analytical Geometry
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 5.0, Creation date: 2020-12-16, Last change: 2025-09-15
calculates the shift distance from a solid to the surface of another solid
Description
integrated also into SGtransrelSG
See Also: SGtransrelSG
, VLprojection2SG
, crosspointVLFL
Example Illustration
Syntax
[d,NA]=SGsurfacedistance(A,B,[ez])
Input Parameter
A: | | Solid to move |
B: | | Solid to be touched |
ez: | | orientation i.e. shift vector |
Output Parameter
d: | | distance |
NA: | | Shifted Solid A |
Examples
SGsurfacedistance(SGtransP(SGsphere(1),[5 0 15]),SGsample(50),[0 0 -1])
SGsurfacedistance(SGtransP(SGsphere(1),[8 0 15]),SGsample(50),[0 0 -1])
SGsurfacedistance(SGtransP(SGsphere(1),[8 0 15]),SGsample(50),ezofchar('-z'))
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