distance3d.distance.point_to_circle

distance3d.distance.point_to_circle(point, center, radius, normal, epsilon=1e-06)

Compute the shortest distance between point and circle (only line).

Implementation adapted from 3D Game Engine Design by David H. Eberly.

Geometric Tools, Inc. http://www.geometrictools.com Copyright (c) 1998-2006. All Rights Reserved

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Parameters:

pointarray, shape (3,)

3D point.

centerarray, shape (3,)

Center of the circle.

radiusfloat

Radius of the circle.

normalarray, shape (3,)

Normal to the plane in which the circle lies.

epsilonfloat, optional (default: 1e-6)

Values smaller than epsilon are considered to be 0.

Returns:

distfloat

The shortest distance between point and circle.

closest_point_circlearray, shape (3,)

Closest point on the circle.