dist2surf.m

function [d2surf,cn]=dist2surf(node,nv,p,cn)
%  [d2surf,cn]=dist2surf(node,nv,p)
%
%  calculate the distances from a point cloud to a surface, and return
%  the indices of the closest surface node
%
%  author: Qianqian Fang <q.fang at neu.edu>
%  date: 12/12/2008
%
% parameters: 
%      node: node coordinate of the surface mesh (nn x 3)
%      nv: nodal norms (vector) calculated from nodesurfnorm.m
%          with dimensions of (size(node,1),3), this can be 
%          calcuated from nodesurfnorm.m
%      pt: points to be calculated, 3 columns for x,y and z respectively
%
% outputs:
%      d2surf: a vector of length of p, the distances from p(i) to the surface
%      cn: a integer vector with the length of p, the indices of the closest surface node
%
% Please find more information at http://iso2mesh.sf.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi?metch
%
% this function is part of "metch" toobox, see COPYING for license


if(nargin<4)
        nn=size(node,1);
        pnum=size(p,1);
        mindist=zeros(pnum,1);
        cn=zeros(pnum,1);
        for i=1:pnum
                d0=node-repmat(p(i,:),nn,1);
                d0=sum(d0.*d0,2);
                [mindist(i),cn(i)]=min(d0);
        end
end
d2surf=abs(sum(nv(cn,:).*(p-node(cn,:)),2));