Measurement Tips
Selecting Arc Radii
Selecting each arc radii for on a piece of tubing can be difficult since the default view does not show any of the arcs. It is highly recommended to switch the Render Mode to Smooth Shading w/ Edges to reveal the arcs.See Change the Render Mode of an Object.
arcs may not be visible in a default view.
To make the arcs visible, select Smooth with Edges from the render mode drop-down menu on the /wiki/spaces/SF1100/pages/3233338927.
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Selecting an Incorrect Arc
If you select an incorrect arc by mistake, you must stop then restart your current measurement and redo it or the measurement measurement or the results may not be correct.One way to get around this
An effective workaround is to measure smaller shorter lengths and then export these lengths in length values to a .cvs file using the Tube Length Bill of Materials and command. Use Excel to add up the lengths in Excel. This allows simple, smaller measurements that are more tolerant to mistakes data. Shorter measurement errors are more tolerable to redo (i.e. - re-selecting 4 or 5 , reselecting four or five arcs is more acceptable manageable than re-selecting reselecting 50 arcs).See Tube Length Bill of Materials.
To overcome this issue, make sure 180 degree bends are split so it is measured in two pieces.
Known Limitations
180-Degree Bends
Because the Tube Length measurement functionality operates function depends on arc radii to measure, SpinFire cannot accurately measure a tube bend that is 180 degrees without selections for its calculations, an arc radius in must be selected within the bend . SpinFire cannot follow the bend and measures one side of the bend with a straight line to the other.
Angled Cut Tubes
Tubes itself; otherwise, measurement results will be inaccurate.
Angled-Cut Tubes
The length of tubes consisting of a vertical cut on one end and an angled cut on the other cannot measure the length correctly. 
be measured accurately.
