bi

proc float getPointPlaneDistance(string $planeName, string $nameLoc)

{

        float $planeEq[] = `getPlaneEquation($planeName)`;

        float $loc[] = `xform -ws -q -t $nameLoc`;

 

        float $dividend = ( ($planeEq[0] * $loc[0]) + ($planeEq[1] * $loc[1]) + ($planeEq[2] * $loc[2]) + $planeEq[3]);

       

        print ("\n dividend \n");

        print $dividend;

        float $divisor = (sqrt(($planeEq[0]*$planeEq[0]) + ($planeEq[1]*$planeEq[1]) + ($planeEq[2]*$planeEq[2])));

        float $dist = ($dividend)/($divisor);

       

        print ("\n distance from point to plane \n");

        print $dist;

 

        //returns float distance

        return $dist;

       

}