Shortest distance between a point and a line segment
EDIT: My line segment is defined by two endpoints. So my line segment AB is defined by the two points A (x1,y1) and B (x2,y2). I'm trying to find the distance between this line segment and a …
How do you detect where two line segments intersect? [closed]
Feb 19, 2009 · Question A: Where do two line segments intersect? You know that two line segments a and b intersect. If you don't know that, check it with the tools I gave you in …
How do I calculate the normal vector of a line segment?
Apr 26, 2014 · Suppose I have a line segment going from (x1,y1) to (x2,y2). How do I calculate the normal vector perpendicular to the line? I can find lots of stuff about doing this for planes in …
Shortest distance between two line segments - Stack Overflow
May 13, 2010 · I need a function to find the shortest distance between two line segments. A line segment is defined by two endpoints. So for example one of my line segments (AB) would be …
Line Segments in Matplotlib - Stack Overflow
Feb 24, 2012 · 6 Given coordinates of [1,5,7,3,5,10,3,6,8] for matplotlib.pyplot, how do I highlight or colour different segments of the line. For instance, the coordinates 1-3 ([1,5,7,3]) in the list …
Plotting numerous disconnected line segments with different colors
In general, any two line segments are disconnected (meaning that their end-points do not necessarily coincide). How to plot this data using matplotlib with a single plot call (or as few as …
How to tell whether a point is to the right or left side of a line
Aug 12, 2010 · The vector (y1 - y2, x2 - x1) is perpendicular to the line, and always pointing right (or always pointing left, if you plane orientation is different from mine). You can then compute …
Distance between point and a line (from two points)
Does this assume the line extends to infinity, or the distance it generates become larger as points P3 grow farther away from the endpoints of the line segment generated by P1,P2?
c# - Find if point lies on line segment - Stack Overflow
Aug 13, 2011 · I have line segment defined by these two points: A(x1,y1,z1) and B(x2,y2,z2). I have point p(x,y,z). How can I check if the point lies on the line segment?
c# - Line intersection with AABB Rectangle? - Stack Overflow
Jun 25, 2014 · 51 I would recommend simply doing a line-segment-line-segment intersection check on each line segment (edge) that makes up the rectangle. Here is a line segment …