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Make an OffsetCurveGenerator pass through a point

  • September 14, 2020
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Hello

As shown in the drawing, I would like to have another curve parallel (2) that goes through 2 points at the same distance each from the original.

The whole problem is that everything is in 3D.

The distance between the new points and the curve is unknown. I have the shape of the curve and the point location but transformers like LengthToPointCalculator are not working as I lack informations.

So i would like to know how to calculate the distance bewteen a point and a curve in 3D. Note that the curve can have any shape.

And also, the OffsetCurveGenerator is only 2D, and does not work with a 3D length in my case

 

I thought about getting the distance in 2D which I don't know once again how to obtain, use an OffsetCurveGenerator and then force it in 3D, but the elevation changes between the beginning and the end of the curve, so a 3DForcer does not work, I think.

 

Has anyone an idea on how to solve it ?

Thanks in advance

 

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  • alexist
  • October 21, 2020

Hi, Maybe the NeighborFinder could be useful to find the distance between your curve and your point ?

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