Line-plane intersection 3D API

Intersection of an infinite 3D line with a plane (point + normal), flagging parallel and in-plane cases. Answers 'where does this line pierce the plane?'.

Price$0.02per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/geometry/line-plane-intersect

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

Cache0s public

intersectionlineplanenormal3dgeometry

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/geometry/line-plane-intersect

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "point": [
    0,
    0,
    5
  ],
  "direction": [
    0,
    0,
    -1
  ],
  "planePoint": [
    0,
    0,
    0
  ],
  "planeNormal": [
    0,
    0,
    1
  ]
}

Example response

{
  "intersects": true,
  "parallel": false,
  "t": 5,
  "point": [
    0,
    0,
    0
  ]
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "point",
    "direction",
    "planePoint",
    "planeNormal"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "point": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      },
      "examples": [
        [
          0,
          0,
          5
        ]
      ]
    },
    "direction": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      },
      "examples": [
        [
          0,
          0,
          -1
        ]
      ]
    },
    "planePoint": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      },
      "examples": [
        [
          0,
          0,
          0
        ]
      ]
    },
    "planeNormal": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      },
      "examples": [
        [
          0,
          0,
          1
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}