Maxscript - Move Vertices to nearest Point(not Vertice) on Reference Edge

Submitted by EliderDeli on Fri, 2018-05-18 03:23

Hi Folks,
Im trying to build a Script which positions all selected Vertices of some Mesh on the nearest Points on some Edge (from Reference Geometry). Till now I wrote a Script which checks the Distance between all my Selected Meshes and my Reference Mesh Vertices, and it works but its horrible slow.

convertTo obj Editable_Mesh
convertTo refObj Editable_Mesh
vec2 = (getVert refObj vec2)
vec1 = (getVert obj vec1)

NewX = vec1.x - vec2.x
NewY = vec1.y - vec2.y
NewZ = vec1.z - vec2.z

--calculates distance between to Vertices (Points)
betrag = sqrt((NewX*NewX) + (NewY*NewY) + (NewZ*NewZ))
print betrag
return betrag

Thats how i calculate the Distance till i reached the Reference Vertice with the lowest distance then i let my Vertex snap to his Position.
But how can i get the real nearest Point which migth lie on the Edge from this Vertice is there a way (Im not completly new to maxscript but still somehow a noob :D)?

Any help would be nice
EliDerDeli

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Submitted by miauu on Fri, 2018-05-25 11:50.

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I don't know what exactly the script have to do, but the disstance between two points(vertices, point3) can be calculated using this:

(	
	convertTo obj Editable_Mesh
	convertTo refObj Editable_Mesh
 
	vec2 = (getVert refObj vec2)
	vec1 = (getVert obj vec1)
--calculates distance between to Vertices (Points)
	betrag = distance vec1 vec2
 
	print betrag
	return betrag
)

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Submitted by EliderDeli on Mon, 2018-05-28 05:43.

Thank you very much

Thank you very much

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