Measuring

You can measure the distance between two items.

1. Click Measure Between in the Measure toolbar.

   The Measure Between dialog box is displayed.
   
   

2. In the Mandatory area, select an option from the Type of Measure and the Calculation mode drop-down lists.

3. In the Parameters area, define a Selection mode for both elements. By default, the Any geometry mode is selected.

4. Select two items from the sheet or view.

   Their description appear in the Selection 1 and Selection 2 fields.

5. Open the Results tab.

   It displays information about the selected items.
   
   

6. To modify the display of the Results tab, click the Customize tab and clear the unwanted options.

   

7. Click Close when done.

Important: Area fills and generated geometry can be selected to measure their perimeter, center of gravity and area. However, an area fill cannot be measured if it is in a 2D component instance. Area fills and generated shapes cannot be selected with the Measure Between command. In the background of a 2D layout view, a selected point, edge, surface or area fill is measured from 3D. It is not measured from its projection in the 2D window.

You can measure the items.

1. Click Measure Item in the Measure toolbar.

   The Measure Item dialog box is displayed.
   
   

2. In the Calculation mode field, select a mode.

3. In the Parameters area, choose a Selection mode from the drop-down list:

   
   

   • Any geometry

   • Picking point

     Note: This mode is not useful within the Drafting and 2D Layout For 3D Design workbenches.

   • Point only

   • Edge only

   • Surface only

4. Select an item from the sheet, view or layout. Its description appears in the Selection field.

   Note: You can multi-select items of the same selection mode. The Selection field indicates the number of selected items.

   Important: If you multi-select elements using the Any Geometry selection mode, note that the first element you select re-define the selection mode. For example, if at first you select a point, then you can multi-select points only.

5. Click the Results tab.

   It displays information about the selected item, or the addition of data for all selected items.
   
   

6. If needed, select or clear items.

   The Results tab is automatically updated.

7. To modify the display of the Results tab, click the Customize tab clear the unwanted options.

   

8. Click Close when done.