diff --git a/Libs/Mesh/Mesh.cpp b/Libs/Mesh/Mesh.cpp
index c0cfea9423..d9c439d034 100644
--- a/Libs/Mesh/Mesh.cpp
+++ b/Libs/Mesh/Mesh.cpp
@@ -680,6 +680,42 @@ std::vector<Field> Mesh::distance(const Mesh& target, const DistanceMethod metho
       }
     } break;
 
+    case SymmetricPointToCell: {
+      /*
+      referenceMesh (point) -> targetMesh (cell) (and get closestPoint)
+      referenceMesh (cell)  -> targetMesh (closestPoint)
+      */
+      auto targetCellLocator = vtkSmartPointer<vtkCellLocator>::New();
+      targetCellLocator->SetDataSet(target.poly_data_);
+      targetCellLocator->BuildLocator();
+
+      auto refCellLocator = vtkSmartPointer<vtkCellLocator>::New();
+      refCellLocator->SetDataSet(poly_data_);
+      refCellLocator->BuildLocator();
+
+      double dist2_target, dist2_ref;
+      auto cell_target = vtkSmartPointer<vtkGenericCell>::New();
+      auto cell_ref = vtkSmartPointer<vtkGenericCell>::New();
+      vtkIdType cellId_target, cellId_ref;
+      int subId_target, subId_ref;
+      Point3 closestPoint_target, closestPoint_ref;
+
+
+      for (int i = 0; i < numPoints(); i++) {
+        poly_data_->GetPoint(i, currentPoint.GetDataPointer()); // ref point
+        // ref mesh point -> target mesh cell
+        targetCellLocator->FindClosestPoint(currentPoint.GetDataPointer(), closestPoint_target.GetDataPointer(), cell_target, cellId_target,
+                                            subId_target, dist2_target);
+        // target mesh closest point -> ref mesh cell                                    
+        refCellLocator->FindClosestPoint(closestPoint_target.GetDataPointer(), closestPoint_ref.GetDataPointer(), cell_ref, cellId_ref,
+                                            subId_ref, dist2_ref);
+        
+        ids->SetValue(i, cellId_target);
+        auto mean_sym_dist = (std::sqrt(dist2_target) + std::sqrt(dist2_ref))/2;
+        distance->SetValue(i, mean_sym_dist);
+      }
+    } break;
+
     default:
       throw std::invalid_argument("invalid distance method");
   }
diff --git a/Libs/Mesh/Mesh.h b/Libs/Mesh/Mesh.h
index 4ccba5950b..e53b598a27 100644
--- a/Libs/Mesh/Mesh.h
+++ b/Libs/Mesh/Mesh.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Mesh {
  public:
   enum FieldType { Point, Face };
   enum AlignmentType { Rigid, Similarity, Affine };
-  enum DistanceMethod { PointToPoint, PointToCell };
+  enum DistanceMethod { PointToPoint, PointToCell, SymmetricPointToCell };
   enum CurvatureType { Principal, Gaussian, Mean };
   enum SubdivisionType { Butterfly, Loop };
 
diff --git a/Libs/Python/ShapeworksPython.cpp b/Libs/Python/ShapeworksPython.cpp
index d4e7324e4a..8428460ac3 100644
--- a/Libs/Python/ShapeworksPython.cpp
+++ b/Libs/Python/ShapeworksPython.cpp
@@ -797,9 +797,10 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(shapeworks_py, m) {
 
   // Mesh::DistanceMethod
   py::enum_<Mesh::DistanceMethod>(mesh, "DistanceMethod")
-      .value("PointToPoint", Mesh::DistanceMethod::PointToPoint)
-      .value("PointToCell", Mesh::DistanceMethod::PointToCell)
-      .export_values();
+  .value("PointToPoint", Mesh::DistanceMethod::PointToPoint)
+  .value("PointToCell", Mesh::DistanceMethod::PointToCell)
+  .value("SymmetricPointToCell", Mesh::DistanceMethod::SymmetricPointToCell)
+  .export_values();
   ;
 
   // Mesh::CurvatureType
diff --git a/Studio/Visualization/Viewer.cpp b/Studio/Visualization/Viewer.cpp
index 10ae0a43cc..7e1efcea0b 100644
--- a/Studio/Visualization/Viewer.cpp
+++ b/Studio/Visualization/Viewer.cpp
@@ -734,7 +734,9 @@ void Viewer::display_shape(std::shared_ptr<Shape> shape) {
         }
 
         Mesh m2(compare_poly_data);
-        auto field = m.distance(m2)[0];
+        auto field = m.distance(m2, Mesh::DistanceMethod::SymmetricPointToCell)[0];
+        // TODO: disable debug
+        std::cout << "Debug Mode | Computing distance with SymmetricPointToCell method in Studio Viewer " << std::endl;
         m.setField("distance", field, Mesh::Point);
       }