Measure commands measure distance, angle, loop, or area.
Displays results in the measurement box.
- Access
- On the Tools tab, Measure panel, click Measure Distance, Measure Angle, Measure Loops, or Measure Area.
Or, right-click in the graphics window, click Measure, and then select the option.
In the measure box, drop-down list of options:
- Reset
- Clears the Measurement box so that you can make another measurement.
- Measure Distance
- Measures:
- Length of a line
- Length of an arc
- Distance between points
- Radius and diameter of a circle
- Distance between two components in an assembly (minimum distance)
- Distance between two faces
- Position of elements relative to the active coordinate system
Click the arrow on the left to change selection priority to Component, Part, or Edges and Faces.
- Measure UCS drop-down list
- The Measure UCS drop-down list is available only if your active document contains a UCS. Origin option is listed first, followed with each UCS in your active document.
Shows measured distance from the origin of the part, or center point of the selected coordinate system.
- Measure Angle
- Measures the angle between two lines, edges, or points.
- Measure Loop
- Measures the length of closed loops defined by face boundaries, or other geometry.
- Measure Area
- Measures the area of contiguous, enclosed regions.
- Add to Accumulate
- Adds the measurement in the Measurement box to accumulate a total measurement.
- Clear Accumulate
- Clears all measurements and resets the sum to zero.
- Display Accumulate
- Displays the sum of all measurements you added to the accumulate.
- Precision/All Decimals
- Displays eight formatting values, and the option to display all decimals.