QCAD Bugtracker

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Opened by CVH - 22.07.2026
Last edited by CVH - 27.07.2026

RCircle.getVectorTo was modded to avoid the sqrt() in getMagnitude() and used v.getSquaredMagnitude().
Then comparing that with the square of the default tolerance (1e-18).
Part of Commit d233495

In RCircle::getDistanceTo
getDistanceTo2D is based on getMagnitude2D().
This should be compared with RS.PointTolerance (1e-9), not squared (1e-18).

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Only true in an arbitrary (unlimited) precision.
The method using the magnitude or the squared magnitude cannot be compared in floating point.
The squared magnitude will hardly ever have a meaningful 18th digit after the comma.
As it is the subtraction of the vector components with no more than 17 significant digits.

A method missing here is RVector::getSquaredMagnitude2D() avoiding + 0.0*0.0 for dz²

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Here you use a circular tolerance area in 2D: Less than 1e-9 away in any 2D direction.
Or a spherical tolerance in 3D.

Positions are typically compared using an axis aligned square shape as tolerance range in 2D (RVector::equalsFuzzy2D) or a cubic box in 3D (RVector::equalsFuzzy):
Less than 1e-9 to 1.414214e-9 away in any 2D direction
Or less than 1e-9 to 1.732051e-9 away in 3D.
40 to 70% more tolerant depending 2 or 3D and the direction.

Regards,
CVH

PS:
I can start a comment on GitHub like before but that is no longer accepting inputs.