shape_distance — 3D shape_descriptor op

• Data kinds: descriptor × descriptor → measurement

• Call: import descriptors3d; descriptors3d.shape_distance(desc_a, desc_b, metric: 'str' = 'l1') -> 'float' (or ops3d.get("shape_distance"))

Usage

The distance between two descriptors. Smaller means a more similar shape.

References (sample data, literature)

• Sample-data catalog (download URLs / licences) — 2-D uses skimage.data (BSD/public domain) plus synthetic images; 3-D lists download URLs for real data sources (Stanford, PDS, …).

• Operator provenance and references — the sources of the research/methods this op family came from.

Runnable examples (verified samples that actually call this op)

• moment_invariants — py -3.11 examples_3d/moment_invariants.py

• shape_desc_pose — py -3.11 examples_3d/shape_desc_pose.py

• shape_retrieval — py -3.11 examples_3d/shape_retrieval.py

Ops the type connects to (they accept measurement as input)

vol_gaussian_psf · fuse_to_voxel · fresnel_reflectance · snell_angle

Same category (shape_descriptor)

d2_distribution · a3_distribution · extent_signature · describe

*Provenance: descriptors3d.py — 3D operator registry. This per-op note is generated by tools/opdocs.py md (do not hand-edit).*

© 2026 Kazufumi Furuse — Fullseye operator documentation. Licensed under Apache-2.0.