Pull point in c#

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Hi all,

What is the rhinocommon equivalent of the Pull Point grasshopper component?
https://rhino.github.io/components/vector/pullPoint.html
Specifically, a method that returns, from a set of points, the closest point only to the closest geometry within a list of geometries (as oppose to the standard ClosestPoint component).

Thanks!

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There is no direct Rhinocommon equivelent. Pull point has various conditions for each geometry type and it uses a bunch of looping with closest point rhinocommon methods to find those closest points.

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Hi Michael, thanks! Let’s say I’m only interested in Curves as the pulling geometry type for now. I’m interested in how the Pull Point component is so much faster than doing a CurveClosestPoint and then sort?
Attaching a test: pullpoint_test1.gh (365.5 KB)

pullpoint_test1
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I don’t know the exact code in the components but my guess is that the sorting for closest is simply just faster as a loop inside a script vs as separate GH components.

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Thanks again, Michael. I tested with a C# version, and it is only slightly slower then the pull component on the closest option, if anyone is interested:

    Point3d[] p_arr = p.ToArray();
    Curve[] c_arr = c.ToArray();
    double[] d_sorted = new double[p.Count];
    Point3d[] p_sorted = new Point3d[p.Count];

    for(int i = 0; i < p.Count; ++i){
      double t;
      double[] d_temp = new double[c.Count];
      Point3d[] p_temp = new Point3d[c.Count];
      for(int j = 0; j < c.Count; ++j){
        c[j].ClosestPoint(p[i], out t);
        Point3d pt = c[j].PointAt(t);
        Vector3d vec = new Vector3d(pt - p[i]);
        double d = vec.Length;
        d_temp[j] = d;
        p_temp[j] = pt;
      }
      Array.Sort(d_temp, p_temp);
      d_sorted[i] = d_temp[0];
      p_sorted[i] = p_temp[0];
    }

    A = p_sorted;
    B = d_sorted;