Ethan Swint: > On 07/14/2011 11:23 PM, Andrew Poelstra wrote: ... > > To do either one analytically looks like a 4th order > > equation must be solved. So I am looking for cheap > > iterative solutions, or approximations, instead. > > If the point is within the arc's bounding box, transform the point's > global coordinates into the arc's local (x: major axis, y: minor axis) > coordinates.
Ack. > Then the distance calculation is a no-brainer. Could you then show us the formula please ? Regards, /Karl Hammar ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aspö Data Lilla Aspö 148 S-742 94 Östhammar Sweden +46 173 140 57 _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user