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convention. sign [ag-000J]

Simply put, SDFs are the minimum possible distance from a point to an implicit surface defined by \(f(\boldsymbol {p})=0\).

The convention adopted in this note is that the \(+\) and \(-\) signs indicate whether the point is outside or inside the surface, respectively, so that when a ray marches towards the surface from the outside, the distance is positive, becomes smaller when approaching the surface.

[wiki-sdf] uses a convention with opposite signs.