distance between 2 no-parallel planes
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I want to calculate the distance between 2 non-paralle.
I know the equation of two palnes

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i have a .obj file that contains the 2 plane cloud and i want to calculate the distance between them 

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John D'Errico
on 22 Jul 2019
Sorry, but this question is meaningless. If the planes are not parallel, then at some point, the distance is ZERO. And you can find points where the distance between the planes is as large as ytou want, approaching infinitely large. These are facts about ANY pair of non-pzrallel planes. So it makes no sense at all to ask a question about the distance between two such planes. It can be anything you want it to be.
If you want help, then you need to be more clear about what you are looking for, since your question makes no sense.
bayrem daghrour
on 23 Jul 2019
Walter Roberson
on 23 Jul 2019
Apparently continues in https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/472976-i-want-to-calculate-the-distance-betwee
Matt J
on 23 Jul 2019
i have a .obj file that contains the 2 plane cloud and i want to calculate the distance between them.
Fine, but what about the solutions that you've been given? Do you plan to address them, and explain why they are or are not what you want?
Catalytic
on 23 Jul 2019
@bayrem,
The code you have posted does not address any of the requests for clarification you have been asked for. All it shows is how you generated your data. It does not explain why the Answers below don't fulfill what you want.
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If you mean that you want the minimum separation between the planes over some bounded (X,Y) rectangle, then just check the separation distance at the 4 corners of the rectangle. The minimum separation will be attained at one of the corners, EDIT: assuming (as in your plots) that the planes don't intersect within the rectangle. If they do intersect, you can detect that, too, by seeing if there is a sign change in the separation among any of the 4 corners.
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John D'Errico
on 22 Jul 2019
Or maybe the average distance over some restricted domain?
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