Find the pair of closest points between two curves

curveA

curveB

Curve Proximity

pointA

pointB

distance

Tools for modeling in the BeeGraphy Editor.

Surface

Vector

Transform

Primitive Curves

Curve Analysis

Toolset

Triangulation

Boolean Operation

Panels

Solid

Intersection

Text

Image

Analysis

Array

Render

3D Object

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Tool

curve

Curve To Surface

surface

point

Extrude Point

vector

Extrude Curve

extrudeSurface

profileCurve

Extrude Along

Create a sweep surface with one rail curve

bases

rail

Sweep

Create a sweep surface with two rail curves.

rail1

rail2

sections

Sweep2

Create a lofted surface through a set of section curves

degree

Loft Surface

origin

direction

angle

Revolve Surface

Create a nurbs surface from a grid of points

Number of points in the U (horizontal) direction. Must divide total number of points.

uCount

If true, the surface will interpolate the points exactly. If false, it will approximate.

interpolate

Surface From Points

Surface From Curves

radius

Pipe

Create a pipe surface with variable radii around a rail curve

parameters

A list of radii for every defined parameter

radii

Pipe Variable

Create a surface connecting four corner point

point1

point2

point3

point4

Surface 4Pnt

Create a surface from two, three or four edge curves

Surface By Edges

crv1

crv2

Sum Surface

width

length

Rectangle Surface

Circle Surface

Surface Area

surfaceArea

Evaluates a surface at given normalized {U,V} parameters and returns local geometric properties

Normalized U parameter (range: 0 to 1) at which to evaluate the surface

uParam

Normalized V parameter (range: 0 to 1) at which to evaluate the surface

vParam

Evaluate Surface

Evaluated 3D point on the surface at {U,V}

normal

Tangent vector in the U direction at the evaluated point

uDirection

Tangent vector in the V direction at the evaluated point

vDirection

Local coordinate system (plane) at the evaluated point

plane

Surface Edges

edges

faceEdges

Surface Iso Curves

uIsoCurve

vIsoCurve

Extract the normals and center points of all faces in a surface

Surface for normal and center point extraction

Face Normals

centers

normals

solid

Offset a surface with a specified distance

Offset type can be only "Arc", "Tangent" or "Intersection". It is default "Arc".

offsetType

offsetSize

Offset Surface

offsetSurface

thickness

Side Thickness

Generate a grid of {uv} points on a surface

vCount

Divide Surface

divisionPoints

Construct Point

Deconstruct a point into its component parts

Deconstruct Point

first

second

Distance 2 Points

pointsDistance

list

The direction in which the points will be created

Point List

points

Create a point from cylindrical {angle,radius,elevation} coordinates

Plane defining cylindrical coordinate space

height

Point Cylindrical

geometry

Geometry Closest Point

Point on the geometry closest to the base point

closestPoint

Parameter in curve domain of closest point

parameter

Point List Sort

sortListX

sortListY

sortListZ

Closest Point

index

Distance between the given point and closest point

count

Closest Points

closestPoints

indexes

distances

Cull points that are coincident within tolerance. Modes: 0 = Cull All(removes all duplicates), 1 = Leave One(keeps only the first of each duplicate group), 2 = Average(replaces each group with the average point)

List of points to process. Duplicate detection is based on the specified tolerance

Distance threshold below which points are considered duplicates

tolerance

Duplicate handling mode: Cull mode: 0 = Cull All, 1 = Leave One, 2 = Average

mode

Cull Duplicates

culledPoints

Indices of the original points that were retained or -1 for averaged (mode 2) or removed (mode 0) points

culledIndices

Number of duplicates found per result point

valence

Create a point from barycentric {u,v,w} coordinates

pointC

Barycentric

barycentricPoint

Create a point from plane {u,v,w} coordinates

Point Oriented

pointOriented

Create a point from polar {phi,theta,offset} coordinates

xyAngle

zAngle

offset

Point Polar

polarPoint

Pull Point

Distance between point and its projection onto geometry

Unit vector parallel to the world {x} axis

factor

VectorX

Unit vector parallel to the world {y} axis

VectorY

Unit vector parallel to the world {z} axis

VectorZ

factorX

factorY

factorZ

Vector XYZ

Unit Vector

unitVector

Deconstruct a vector into its component parts

Name	Type	Description	Default Value
Curve A	Curve	First curve
Curve B	Curve	Second curve

Name	Type	Description
Point A	Point	Point on curve A closest to curve B
Point B	Point	Point on curve B closest to curve A
Number	Number	Smallest distance between two curves

Creation method

There are two options for creating a Curve Proximity node.

Steps

See also