[vtkusers] vtkLine

[valentina armenise]

HI!
I'm working with VTK for my master thesis and now I m facing a doubt. I need
to compute the distance of a point from a segment defined by two vertexes. I
found two functions in vtkLine.h

// Compute distance to finite line. Returns parametric coordinate t

// and point location on line.

double vtkLine::DistanceToLine(double x[3], double p1[3], double p2[3],

                              double &t, double closestPoint[3])


// Determine the distance of the current vertex to the edge defined by

// the vertices provided.  Returns distance squared. Note: line is assumed

// infinite in extent.

//

double vtkLine::DistanceToLine (double x[3], double p1[3], double p2[3])


So if I got it right, the first one gives me the distance from a segment
defined by two vertexes and the second

one gives me the distance from a line (infinite)? I got confused cause the
documentation speaks about edge and not line.


Can you help me?

Which of these should I use?


Thank you!
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