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[Dominik Szczerba <>]

Is the closest face guaranteed to contain the closest point? I think 
generally not...
-- Dominik

razafindrazaka faniry harijaona wrote:
>   May be it's not optimal but you can look for the nearest point and 
> loop through the faces adjacent to this point and test which is the closest.
>
> Regards
>
> --- En date de : *Sam 13.6.09, Dominik Szczerba 
> /<>/* a écrit :
>
>
>     De: Dominik Szczerba 
> <>
>     Objet: [cgal-discuss] point inside surface / nearest cell
>     À: 
>
>     Date: Samedi 13 Juin 2009, 9h49
>
>     Does CGAL provide the following functionality:
>
>     - robust point inside surface test (or at least fast (bbtree based
>     or something) robust intersection tests with triangles)
>
>     - I see a nearest point is available: is there a nearest face search
>     available as well?
>
>     with regards,
>     Dominik
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