GeoGebra
You can quickly find intersections between lines, planes and spheres in GeoGebra
using the following sets of instructions.
GeoGebra
Instruction 1
- 1.
- Open
3D Graphics
andAlgebra View
underView
inMenu
. - 2.
- Add the two objects that you want to intersect by entering them into
Algebra View
. If one or both of your objects are lines, then they must be added by using one of theLine
commands. - 3.
- Enter
Intersect(<object>, <object>)
and fill in the names of the objects as they appear in
Algebra View
. - 4.
- The intersection points or lines are now shown in
Graphics View
andAlgebra View
.
Example 1
Enter the equation of the sphere
in Algebra View
. Create a line with the command Line(<point>, <direction vector>)
. Choose as the point on the line, and as the direction vector of the line. Then, use the command
Intersect(<object>, <object>)
to find where the line intersects the sphere.