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title: "Distance to Line"
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description: "This page covers the Distance to Line node of the Scene Nodes system in Cinema 4D. It finds the point on a line between two coordinates closest to a given …"
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# Distance to Line

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page covers the **Distance to Line node** of the Scene Nodes system in **Cinema 4D**. It finds the point on a line between two coordinates closest to a given position — a geometric helper for projections and proximity logic.

This can be used to output the position along an imaginary line between two coordinates that has the shortest distance to a given position.

![Image: 2023-2_node_distance_to_line_01.png](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/2023-2_node_distance_to_line_01.png)\
Here the shortest distance between a zero system (see top right) to a line is calculated. The corresponding position on the line is marked by a sphere and its distance to the zero system is output as a numerical value.