diff --git a/vcg/space/line3.h b/vcg/space/line3.h
index 5d56daf6..4d5fe74f 100644
--- a/vcg/space/line3.h
+++ b/vcg/space/line3.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
   History
 
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+Revision 1.7  2004/05/10 10:58:35  ganovelli
+name of the constructor changed from LineType to Line3
+
 Revision 1.6  2004/03/11 11:47:20  tarini
 minor updates, corrections, added documentations, etc.
 
@@ -200,6 +203,13 @@ Point3<ScalarType> ClosestPoint( Line3<ScalarType,NORM> l, const Point3<ScalarTy
 	return l.P(l.Projection(p)); 
 }
 
+template <class ScalarType, bool NORM> 
+ScalarType Distance(const Line3<ScalarType, NORM> &l, 
+		    const Point3<ScalarType> &p) {
+  Point3f o = l.ClosestPoint(p);
+  return (o - p).Norm();
+}
+
 /*@}*/
 
 } // end namespace