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projection

  

find the projection of an object on the other object

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

projection(Q, A, l)

projection(Q, A, p)

projection(Q, seg, p)

projection(Q, l, p)

Parameters

Q

-

the name of the object to be created

A

-

point

seg

-

line segment or a directed line segment

l

-

line

p

-

plane

Description

• 

The routine finds the projection Q of an object on the other object.

• 

For a detailed description of the object to be created Q, use the routine detail (e.g., detail(Q))

• 

The command with(geom3d,projection) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.

Examples

withgeom3d:

Find the equations of the projection of the line x212=y1=z434 on the plane x+2y+z=6

linel,pointo,1,1,3,2,1,4:

planep,x+2y+z=6,x,y,z:

projectionl1,l,p

l1

(1)

detaill1

name of the objectl1form of the objectline3dequation of the line_x=53+4_t3,_y=137_t3,_z=113+10_t3

(2)

See Also

geom3d[distance]