Measuring an Arc Using Three Points

You can measure an arc by selecting three points on a 3D geometry.

  1. From the secondary area of the Review section of the action bar, click Measure Arc Through 3 Points .
    • The pointer changes to the measure pointer . Depending on the position of the measure pointer, it may also show a symbol indicating the object you can select with it. For a list of all the measure pointers, see Pointer Transformation.
    • The Measure Arc Through 3 Points dialog box appears with the Specifications tab activated.
  2. Select the first point to be used to measure the arc.



    • In the Measure Arc Through 3 Points dialog box, the Point 1 box is completed with the coordinates of the selected point.
    • The pointer changes to .
  3. Select the second point.



    • In the Measure Arc Through 3 Points dialog box, the Point 2 box is completed with the coordinates of the selected point.
    • The pointer changes to .
  4. Select the third point.



    • In the Measure Arc Through 3 Points dialog box, the Point 3 box is completed with the coordinates of the selected point.
    • The arc with angle is displayed in the 3D area.



    The Customize and Results tabs in the Measure Arc Through 3 Points dialog box now become available.

    In the Customize tab, you can show or hide different parameters in the 3D area and the Results tab. .

  5. Click OK to create the measurement.
    You can now no longer modify the created measurement.

Important:
  • You can right-click the measure in the tree or in the geometry to access additional commands.
  • Associativity between a measure result and geometry created using the Create geometries command in V5 is not migrated.
  • Slides are self-sufficient. Associative measures may therefore have different values in different slides.

    Note that you cannot change selections. If you do, you will receive a warning message.