Distance between a point and a triangle in 3D
pointTriangleDistance calculates the distance between a point and a triangle in 3D.
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Calculate the distance of a given point P from a triangle TRI.
Point P is a row vector of the form 1x3. The triangle is a matrix
formed by three rows of points TRI = [P1;P2;P3] each of size 1x3.
dist = pointTriangleDistance(TRI,P) returns the distance of the point P to the triangle TRI.
[dist,PP0] = pointTriangleDistance(TRI,P) additionally returns the closest point PP0 to P on the triangle TRI.
Cite As
Gwendolyn Fischer (2026). Distance between a point and a triangle in 3D (https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/22857-distance-between-a-point-and-a-triangle-in-3d), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
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General Information
- Version 1.6.0.0 (2.99 KB)
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
