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GetClosestPointOn Method (ICurve)

Determines the closest point on the curve using the x,y,z input point.

.NET Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Function GetClosestPointOn( _
   ByVal X As System.Double, _
   ByVal Y As System.Double, _
   ByVal Z As System.Double _
) As System.Object
Visual Basic (Usage) 
Dim instance As ICurve
Dim X As System.Double
Dim Y As System.Double
Dim Z As System.Double
Dim value As System.Object
 
value = instance.GetClosestPointOn(X, Y, Z)
C# 
System.object GetClosestPointOn( 
   System.double X,
   System.double Y,
   System.double Z
)
C++/CLI 
System.Object^ GetClosestPointOn( 
&   System.double X,
&   System.double Y,
&   System.double Z
)

Parameters

X

X value of the input point

Y

Y value of the input point

Z

Z value of the input point

Return Value

Array of 5 doubles (see Remarks)

Remarks

This method returns only one point, regardless of the number of valid minimum distance points.

The array return contains the following values:

[ PointX, PointY, PointZ, ParamU, NotUsed ]

where:

  • PointX, PointY,and PointZ represent the point on the curve

  • ParamU is the parameter on the curve that is closest to the input point

  • NotUsed is unused

 

See Also

Availability

SOLIDWORKS 2001 FCS, Revision Number 9.0


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