diff --git a/DDCore/include/XML/UnicodeValues.h b/DDCore/include/XML/UnicodeValues.h
index cc88e4d6886d0d3cd13d20dc877e4d763d60b2ab..81fc4c9e651bec61a07a99431b5a730ac28b9df5 100644
--- a/DDCore/include/XML/UnicodeValues.h
+++ b/DDCore/include/XML/UnicodeValues.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ namespace DD4hep {
     UNICODE (box);
 
     UNICODE (c);
+    UNICODE (distance);
     UNICODE (C);
     UNICODE (calorimeter);
     UNICODE (cartesian_grid_xy);
diff --git a/DDCore/include/XML/XMLChildValue.h b/DDCore/include/XML/XMLChildValue.h
index 40851cf398abfeeeb1ee5b1cf0957440db9bbb84..61e1d710c373a3a30e0f7863021a1ca1096a3ce0 100644
--- a/DDCore/include/XML/XMLChildValue.h
+++ b/DDCore/include/XML/XMLChildValue.h
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ namespace DD4hep {
       double rmax2() const;
       /// Access parameters: radius
       double radius() const;
+      /// Access attribute values: distance
+      double distance() const;
       /// Access attribute values: outer_radius
       double outer_radius() const;
       /// Access attribute values: outer_r
diff --git a/DDCore/include/XML/XMLDimension.h b/DDCore/include/XML/XMLDimension.h
index ad8b551fdc723a774768f9fbabfeee9ff1f8f35f..0c1bf275077a4ca9e56a464db642512e4234137c 100644
--- a/DDCore/include/XML/XMLDimension.h
+++ b/DDCore/include/XML/XMLDimension.h
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ namespace DD4hep {
       double c() const;
       /// Access parameters: c
       double c(double default_value) const;
+      ///Access parameters: distance
+      double distance() const;
       /// Access parameters: B
       double B() const;
       /// Access parameters: g
diff --git a/DDCore/src/XML/XMLChildValue.cpp b/DDCore/src/XML/XMLChildValue.cpp
index 442584aef7defc65656df6264216291077b9b27b..3a0e8940d62aadce97bdbaed2690a0b153de88af 100644
--- a/DDCore/src/XML/XMLChildValue.cpp
+++ b/DDCore/src/XML/XMLChildValue.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR(double, rmin2)
 XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR(double, rmax2)
 XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR(double, radius)
 XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR(double, outer_r)
+XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR(double, distance)
 XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR(double, outer_radius)
 XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR(double, inner_r)
 XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR(double, inner_radius)
diff --git a/DDCore/src/XML/XMLDimension.cpp b/DDCore/src/XML/XMLDimension.cpp
index 6690b6f9ce138da22a4803dbe033ef6081929e82..fe0eadef1dc5a0d9091cbe620ca2ece2743a4cec 100644
--- a/DDCore/src/XML/XMLDimension.cpp
+++ b/DDCore/src/XML/XMLDimension.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR(double, inner_z)
 XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR_DOUBLE(a)
 XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR_DOUBLE(b)
 XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR_DOUBLE(c)
+XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR(double, distance)
 XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR(double, g)
 XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR(double, B)
 XML_ATTR_ACCESSOR(double, G)