About Measurements

Measurements, independently of their type, have a few things in common.

• You can choose units for measuring various physical quantities in the Preferences dialog box. For more information, see Table 13.
• You can create several measurements, and save them in a review. markup.
• Measurements are not associative. They are not recomputed if the geometry changes.
• Measure and Measure Thickness commands are not available while reviewing drawings.
• The Measure and Measure Thickness commands create non-persistent features when a markup is not created or disabled. These measurements can be removed by selecting the Remove previous non-persistent measure option. For more information, see Measure.

  These non-persistent measurements are added to the newly created slide as persistent measurements.

  For non-persistent measures, context menu is not available.

• A default measurement type is provided based on the selected objects The alternative measurement types and representations are available for selection in the context toolbar during the creation of the measurement. After the measurement is created, only the representation can be changed.

  For more information on measurements that can be created for various combinations of geometries selected, see Multiselection for Measurements.

The accuracy of a measurement depends on the accuracy of the underlying geometry (that is, the geometry upon which the measurement is based).

When you cut through objects using a section plane, section curves are displayed. When creating measurements based on section curves, you need to keep a few things in mind.

• Section curves are considered as approximate geometries. Therefore, measurements based on section curves are approximate.
• Measurement based on section curves are not associative. If you move the section plane, section curves are modified, but measurements are not modified accordingly.
• You can only create measurements on section curves, not on the cut area enclosed by the section curve.

See Sectioning Items.

• While measuring geometries or distance between two features, the geometries under consideration cannot be unloaded. To do so, you need to delete the measure feature.
• Only the loaded elements are considered for measurements. The elements loaded in the session after the measuring process is complete, are not considered.
• While measuring elements, if the selected product is partially loaded,
  • the whole product is highlighted in orange.
  • the geometries loaded after the selection of the product are displayed with less opacity.
  • the measurement results is displayed in warning style (orange) to indicate that the geometry is partially loaded.
  Once the measure is created, only the warning style is kept.