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CATIA V5 R20 - Searching for minimum distance between point and body

CATIA V5 R20 - Searching for minimum distance between point and body

CATIA V5 R20 - Searching for minimum distance between point and body

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Hi
I am trying to get a VBA function to find x/y/z components of minimal distance vector between a pint and a body type feature. So far I've got something along the lines of:

Function mindistcoord(InputPoint As Point, Obj As Body) As Double
Dim PtDoc As Object
Set PtDoc = CATIA.ActiveDocument

Dim Distance As Double
Dim RefObj As Reference
Dim RefPt As Reference

Set RefObj = PtDoc.Part.CreateReferenceFromObject(Obj)
Set RefPt = PtDoc.Part.CreateReferenceFromObject(InputPoint)

Dim TheSPAWorkbench As Workbench
Set TheSPAWorkbench = PtDoc.GetWorkbench("SPAWorkbench")

Dim TheMeasurable
Set TheMeasurable = TheSPAWorkbench.GetMeasurable(RefObj)
Distance = Measurable1.GetMinimumDistance(RefPt)

mindistcoord = Distance
End Function

The problem is that GetMinimumDistance doesn't seem to work with Body. Also it provides just the Distance as a Double and I really need it broken down to components, so I'm stuck. Maybe you guys would have some ideas to make this work?

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