Shortest distance between curve and point

Rhino Developer
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Hello guys,

I am trying to deconstruct what’s under common how tools work. I was wondering how to compute the shortest distance between a curve and an arbitrary point in python without using any libraries.

Anyone could help me on this ?

Thanks

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Hi undoredo,

Is this what you are looking for:
https://developer.rhino3d.com/api/RhinoCommon/html/M_Rhino_Geometry_Curve_ClosestPoint.htm

succ, closest_t = crv.ClosestPoint(pt)
closest_pt = crv.PointAt(closest_t)
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this might have your (partial) answer, but really, for most problems you can just google them and work on understanding the mathematics behind them and transfer them to code.

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