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MeasureTools Object


Description

The MeasureTools object provides methods for various measurement related utilities.

Methods

Name Description
GetAngle Method that returns the angle between the input entities. The input entities must all belong to the same document, unless they are transient objects.
GetAnglePrecision Get angle precision.
GetLengthPrecision Get length precision.
GetLoopLength Method that returns the total length of a loop.
GetMinimumDistance Method that returns the minimum distance between the two input entities and also returns the closest points associated with both entities (not necessarily on the entity).
SetAnglePrecision Set angle precision.
SetLengthPrecision Set length precision.

Properties

Name Description
Application Returns the top-level parent application object. When used the context of Inventor, an Application object is returned. When used in the context of Apprentice, an ApprenticeServer object is returned.
Parent Property that returns the parent object. It can be set to (QueryInterfaced for) 'Application' when running with Inventor whereas, 'ApprenticeServerComponent' when running with the Apprentice Server.
Type Returns an ObjectTypeEnum indicating this object's type.

Accessed From

Application.MeasureTools, InventorServer.MeasureTools, InventorServerObject.MeasureTools

Version

Introduced in version 11

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