I am developing a C++ Rhino plugin, what is the best way to check if a point at (x1,y1,z1) is inside/on_edge/outside a solid? and if two points (x1,y1,z1) and (x2,y2,z2) are both inside the solid, how can I check if the line connecting them does not go outside the solid?
Thanks in advance for your help
The first thing to do is to get the bounding box of the Brep using ON_Brep::BoundingBox() and test to see if the point falls inside of it or not using ON_BoundingBox::IsPointIn(). This way you can quickly eliminate some points.
You can use ON_Brep::IsPointIn() to see if a point falls inside of a closed Brep. See opennurbs_brep.h for details.
You can use RhinoBrepClosestPoint() to see if the point is on an edge, or a face. See rhinoSdkUtilities.h for details.
To see if a line is completely inside of a closed Brep, create an ON_LineCurve from the points and then use RhinoCurveBrepIntersect() to see if they intersect or not. See rhinoSdkUtilities.h for details.