distance

This option allows the user to calculate the Euclidean distance between two given points.

Inline mode usage:

distance -h
Displays the help file that summarizes the parameters for this command.
distance <point1> <point2>
Calculates and displays the distance between the two specified points. Each point is represented by its three components, separated by a blank space.

Interactive mode usage:

Invocation
distance
Parameters
  • First point
  • Second point

Example:

> distance
Select first point [x y z] 3 0 0
Select second point [x y z] 0 4 0
The distance between points is 5.0
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