Module geo.metric
Euclidean distance, length, and nearest-point operations.
Date
September 12, 2026
Functions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
distance(a, b)
|
Euclidean distance between two points. |
polylineLength(polyline)
|
Euclidean length of a polyline. |
segmentLength(segment)
|
Euclidean length of a segment. |
squaredDistance(a, b)
|
Squared Euclidean distance between two points. |
tryNearestPoint(segment, point, result)
|
Finds the nearest point on a segment to a point. |
tryPointSegmentDistance(segment, point, result)
|
Computes the Euclidean distance from a point to a segment. |
tryPointSegmentDistance(point, segment, result)
|
Deprecated v1 point-first overload. |
Aliases
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
MetricScalar
|
real
|
Floating-point computation type used by elementary metric operations. |