Determines the distance between two points, p1 and p2. This is the same as the vector expression abs(p1-p2).

Determines the shortest distance between point p and the line passing through points p1 and p2.

Determines the distance from a point p to a plane defined by three points (p1,p2,p3).

Determines the distance between two points, p1 and p2. This is the same as the vector expression abs(p1-p2).

The following example returns half the distance between the centers of two selected objects:

dist(cen,cen)/2

The following example finds the distance between the point 3,2,4 and a plane you define by selecting three endpoints:

dpp([3,2,4],end, end, end)