Intersection of two lines
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Hi, I have four coplanar points P1, P2, P3 and P4 in 3d. I would like to calculate the intersection point among the line passing through P1 and P2 and that passing through P3 and P4.
Moreover I would like to evaluate the angle between the vector connecting such intersection and the origin with z-axis and then plot the vector.
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Matt J
on 21 Sep 2021
Edited: Matt J
on 21 Sep 2021
You need a least squares solution, since lines in 3D do not generally intersect. Assuming your point data are in column-vector form, this is,
c=[P2-P1,P3-P4]\(P3-P1);
P_intersection=P1+c(1)*(P2-P1)
angle=acos(P_intersection(3)/norm(P_intersection))
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