Drawing a line between two points using SceneKit

Question

I have two points (let\'s call them pointA and pointB) of type SCNVector3. I want to draw a line between them. Seems like it should be easy, but can\'t find a way to do it.<

Answer 1

So inside your ViewController.cs define your vector points and call a Draw function, then on the last line there - it's just rotating it to look at point b.

       var a = someVector3;
       var b = someOtherVector3;
       nfloat cLength = (nfloat)Vector3Helper.DistanceBetweenPoints(a, b);
       var cyclinderLine = CreateGeometry.DrawCylinderBetweenPoints(a, b, cLength, 0.05f, 10);
       ARView.Scene.RootNode.Add(cyclinderLine);
       cyclinderLine.Look(b, ARView.Scene.RootNode.WorldUp, cyclinderLine.WorldUp);

Create a static CreateGeomery class and put this static method in there

        public static SCNNode DrawCylinderBetweenPoints(SCNVector3 a,SCNVector3 b, nfloat length, nfloat radius, int radialSegments){

         SCNNode cylinderNode;
         SCNCylinder cylinder = new SCNCylinder();
         cylinder.Radius = radius;
         cylinder.Height = length;
         cylinder.RadialSegmentCount = radialSegments;
         cylinderNode = SCNNode.FromGeometry(cylinder);
         cylinderNode.Position = Vector3Helper.GetMidpoint(a,b);

         return cylinderNode;
        }

you may also want these utility methods in a static helper class

        public static double DistanceBetweenPoints(SCNVector3 a, SCNVector3 b)
        {
         SCNVector3 vector = new SCNVector3(a.X - b.X, a.Y - b.Y, a.Z - b.Z);
         return Math.Sqrt(vector.X * vector.X + vector.Y * vector.Y + vector.Z * vector.Z);
        }


    public static SCNVector3 GetMidpoint(SCNVector3 a, SCNVector3 b){

        float x = (a.X + b.X) / 2;
        float y = (a.Y + b.Y) / 2;
        float z = (a.Z + b.Z) / 2;

        return new SCNVector3(x, y, z);
    }

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