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project_point_line

compas.geometry.project_point_line(point, line)[source]

Project a point onto a line.

Parameters:

point[float, float, float] | compas.geometry.Point: XYZ coordinates of the point.
line[point, point] | compas.geometry.Line: Two points defining the projection line.

Returns:

[float, float, float]: XYZ coordinates of the projected point.

Notes

For more info, see [1].

References

[1]

Wiki Books. Linear Algebra/Orthogonal Projection Onto a Line. Available at: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Linear_Algebra/Orthogonal_Projection_Onto_a_Line.