Calculating surface proximity

[Daphne Yu]

check out the vtkPointLocator and vtkCellLocator classes.  If you're 
really digging for efficiency, check out also
http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mount/ANN/



On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Goodwin Lawlor wrote:

> Does anyone know of a quick way of calculating the minimum distance from a vertex on one  surface to an opposing surface? I was thinking of orienting a cone along the normal at the vertex then clipping the opposite surface with the cone. Then testing the vertices on the clipped surface for min. distance to the vertex. Is there a better way,
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Goodwin
> 



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