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Signed distance function

In mathematics and its applications, the signed distance function or signed distance field (SDF) is the orthogonal distance of a given point x to the boundary of a set Ω in a metric space (such as the surface of a geometric shape), with the sign determined by whether or not x is in the interior of Ω. The function has positive values at points x inside Ω…

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Signed distance function

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has application · 13
Signed distance function → Behdad Esfahbod, Behdad's GLyphy, By, Bézier, DPI, GPU, In, SDF, SDFs, Signed, The, Valve, Valve's
related to Algorithms · 3
Signed distance function → Algorithms, For, SDF
related to Properties in Euclidean space · 3
Signed distance function → Euclidean, If, Rn

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