@jscad/modeling/src/maths/line3/distanceToPoint.js

Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) Library for JSCAD

const vec3 = require('../vec3')

const closestPoint = require('./closestPoint')

/**
 * Calculate the distance (positive) between the given point and line.
 *
 * @param {line3} line - line of reference
 * @param {vec3} point - point of reference
 * @return {Number} distance between line and point
 * @alias module:modeling/maths/line3.distanceToPoint
 */
const distanceToPoint = (line, point) => {
  const closest = closestPoint(line, point)
  const distancevector = vec3.subtract(vec3.create(), point, closest)
  return vec3.length(distancevector)
}

module.exports = distanceToPoint