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Quick measurements

 

A simple measurement is displayed in the status bar when you select a single object or a pair of objects. This measurement is displayed using the units and precision set in Units options for the current document. The MeasureClosed tool also has a Units option to switch units for the measured values without changing units for the document.

If the text in the quick measure area is cut off, move your mouse over the text area to show all of the text.

To measure: Select:

Distance between two objects

  • Two parallel linear objects (lines, edges, axes)
  • Two parallel planar objects (faces, surfaces, planes)
  • Two points or vertices
  • One point or vertex and one curve or edge (curved or linear) - displays the shortest distance from the point to the curve or edge
  • One point and one analytic face, edge, or curve - displays the projected distance of point onto face, edge, or curve
  • Two parallel, but not concentric, cylindrical faces - displays the distance between the axes
  • Two non-concentric circular edges or arcs - displays the distance between the centers

Length of an object

  • A linear object (line, edge)

Radius of an object
  • A circular object (circular edge or curve, cylinder, sphere)

Angle between two objects

  • Two non-parallel linear objects (lines, edges, axes)
  • Two non-parallel planar objects (faces, surfaces, planes)
  • Two analytic curves that share an end point - displays the angle between the curves at the point where they meet

OffsetClosed

  • Two concentric cylindrical faces
  • Two circular edges that are in the same plane

X, Y, Z coordinates from the world origin
  • A point or vertex

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