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titleLinear Measurements
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titleLocate Determine point coordinates
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Point Coordinates.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
    2. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your cursor on the point whose coordinates you want to see and click. (Crosshairs appear when you mouse over a selectable point.)
  5. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  6. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  7. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
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titleLocate Determine coordinates of an arc center
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Arc Center Coordinates.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
    2. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your pointer over the arc whose center coordinates you want to see and click. (Selectable arcs are highlighted as you mouse over them.)
  5. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  6. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  7. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
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titleLocate Determine coordinates of a point on a surface
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Surface Point Coordinates.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
    2. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your cursor on the point whose coordinates you want to see and click. (Crosshairs appear as you mouse over selectable points and the surface is highlighted.)
  5. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  6. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  7. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
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titleMeasure an edge length
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Edge Length.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
    2. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your pointer over the edge whose length you want to measure and click. (Selectable edges are highlighted as you mouse over them.)
  5. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  6. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  7. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
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titleMeasure a surface thickness
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Thickness.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
    2. Click a radio button to select a measurement axis (the default is Normal).
    3. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your pointer over the surface whose thickness you want to measure and click. (Selectable surfaces are highlighted as you mouse over them.)
  5. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  6. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  7. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
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titleMeasure the distance from point to point
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Point to Point.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
    2. Click a radio button to select a measurement axis (the default is Normal).
    3. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your cursor on the first point and click. (Crosshairs appear as you mouse over selectable points.) The selected point is yellow.
  5. Select the end point.
  6. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  7. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  8. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
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titleMeasure the distance from a point to an edge
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Point to Edge.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
    2. Click a radio button to select a measurement axis (the default is Normal).
    3. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your cursor on the first point and click. (Crosshairs appear as you mouse over selectable points.) The selected point is yellow.
  5. Select the edge. (Selectable edges are highlighted.)
  6. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  7. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  8. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
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titleMeasure the distance from an arc center to an edge
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Arc Center to Edge.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
    2. Click a radio button to select a measurement axis (the default is Normal).
    3. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your cursor on an arc and click. (Selectable arcs are highlighted as you mouse over them.) The selected arc remains highlighted.
  5. Select the edge. (Selectable edges are highlighted as you mouse over them.) The selected edge remains highlighted.
  6. The arc center and the measurement end point appear in yellow. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  7. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  8. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
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titleMeasure the distance between two arc centers
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Arc Center to Arc Center.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
    2. Click a radio button to select a measurement axis or for the distance between the arcs' centerlines (the default is Normal).
    3. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your cursor on an arc and click. (Selectable arcs are highlighted as you mouse over them.) The selected arc remains highlighted.
  5. Select the second arc.
  6. The arc center points appear in yellow. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  7. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  8. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
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titleMeasure the distance from an arc center to a surface point
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Arc Center to Surface Point.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
    2. Click a radio button to select a measurement axis or for the distance between the arcs' centerlines (the default is Normal).
    3. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your cursor on an arc or circle and click. (Selectable arcs and circles are highlighted as you mouse over them.) The selected arc or circle remains highlighted.
  5. Position your cursor over a point on a surface and click. (When you mouse over a surface, crosshairs indicate selectable points and the surface is highlighted.)
  6. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  7. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  8. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
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titleMeasure the distance between two surface points
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Surface Point to Surface Point.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
    2. Click a radio button to select a measurement axis (the default is Normal).
    3. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your cursor over a point on a surface and click. (When you mouse over a surface, crosshairs indicate selectable points and the surface is highlighted.)
  5. Select the second surface point.
  6. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  7. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  8. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
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titleMeasure the distance between a surface point and an edge
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Surface Point to Edge.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
    2. Click a radio button to select a measurement axis (the default is Normal).
    3. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your cursor over a point on a surface and click. (When you mouse over a surface, crosshairs indicate selectable points and the surface is highlighted.)
  5. Position your cursor on an edge and click. (Selectable edges are highlighted as you mouse over them.) The selected edge remains highlighted.
  6. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  7. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  8. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
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titleMeasure tube lengthCalculate the sum of the lengths of connected edges
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Tube Length Sum of Connected Edges.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
    2. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your cursor on the starting arc or circle an edge and click. (Selectable arcs and circles edges are highlighted as you mouse over them.) The selected arc or circle edge remains highlighted.
  5. Continue to click arcs or circles that define the tube. A green line traversing the center of the tube indicates what will be measured.
  6. Select the next edge—it must be connected to the first. Continue selecting edges as needed. Double-click the last arc or circle to end the sequence.Drag the label into position and click onceedge, but DO NOT select first.
  7. The measured edges and end point are highlighted yellow. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  8. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  9. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
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Open the Linear
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title
Note

Recommendation: To find arcs and circles more easily, select your model and render as Smooth with Edges. See also Measurement Tips.

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titleCalculate the sum of the lengths of connected edges
Measure the distance between two surfaces
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Sum of Connected EdgesSelect Distance Between Two Surfaces.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Select Lock tool to  to use the command more than once.
    2. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your cursor on an edge and clickClick on a surface on the model. (Selectable edges surfaces are highlighted as you mouse over them.) The selected edge remains highlighted.
  5. Select the next edge—it must be connected to the first. Continue selecting edges as needed. Double-click the last edge.
  6. The measured edges and end point are highlighted yellow. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  7. Optional: Click Copy to
  8. Click on a second surface on the model—the second surface must be parallel to the first.
  9. Drag the label into position and click once.
  10. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  11. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
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titleMeasure the minimum distance between sets of parts/surfaces
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Minimum Distance....
  3. Choose the type of object(s) you are measuring: Parts (default) or Surfaces. 
  4. To create SET #1: 
    1. Click the part or parts (or surfaces) on the model. 
    2. When you have finished selecting, click the Stop Selection button.
  5. To create SET #2: 
    1. Click the SET #2 Select button, then the part or parts (or surfaces) on the model. 
    2. When you have finished selecting, click the Stop Selection button.
  6. Click the CALCULATE button to display the measurement label.
  7. Drag the label into position and click.
  8. To measure the distance between another set of objects, click the CLEAR ALL button, then click the SET #1 Select button. Repeat steps 3 to 7.

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titleMeasure the minimum thickness of parts/surfaces
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Minimum Thickness....
  3. Choose the type of object(s) you are measuring: Parts (default) or surfaces. 
  4. To create your set of objects, click the part or parts (or surfaces) on the model. When you have finished selecting, click the Stop Selection button.
  5. Under Parameters, select Draft Angel and Modeling Tolerance values.
  6. Click the CALCULATE button to display the measurement label.
  7. Drag the label into position and click once.
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titleNote

You can add to your set of objects by clicking the Select button again.

 

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titleMeasure the minimum distance between edges
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)
  2. Select Minimum Distance Between Edges.
  3. Optional:
    1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
    2. Click a radio button to select a measurement axis (the default is Normal).
    3. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.
  4. Position your cursor on an edge and click. (Selectable edges are highlighted.) A selected edge remains highlighted.
  5. Select the second edge.
  6. The selected edges appear in yellow. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.
  7. Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.
  8. Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.

 

minimum distance between two surfaces

minimum distance from arc center to surface

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titleCalculate boundary center by edges

Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)

Select Boundary Center by Edges.

Optional:

  1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
  2. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.

Position your cursor on an edge and click. (A selectable edge appears highlighted.) The selected edge remains highlighted.

Continue selecting connected edges until SpinFire determines the intended boundary shape and calculates its center point.

The boundary center point appears in yellow. Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.

Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.

Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.

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titleCalculate an area by boundary edges

Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon to see the menu of commands.)

Select Boundary Area by Edges.

Optional:

  1. Select Lock tool to use the command more than once.
  2. Enter a hyperlink to a file or to a document and user view within the current file.

Position your cursor on an edge and click. (A selectable edge appears highlighted.) The selected edge remains highlighted.

Continue selecting connected edges until SpinFire determines the intended boundary shape and calculates its area.

The boundary area appears as a highlighted surface. You can hide this surface by right-clicking the markup and choosing Hide Surface.

Drag and click to position the markup in the scene.

Optional: Click Copy to copy the markup content to the Windows clipboard.

Click Stop when you're finished taking multiple measurements. Click Close (or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.

 

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The context menu contains functions based on the selected markup type. For example, a point coordinates markup context menu will differ slightly from an Arc Center to Arc Center markup context menu. (See the Markup Context Menu for details.)

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FUNCTIONS TO BE INCLUDED? We talked about Extents. Not sure if this is a "linear" measurement. Maybe have another set of measurements which include min. bounding box, axis aligned bounding box, volume, surface area, weight calculation.
I have to check if the Tube Length Bill of Materials will be included in the release build.
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titleMeasure the extents of a model

 The Extent Box command draws a box around an object in the scene along the X-, Y-, and Z-axes.

  1. Select the Assembly pane.
  2. Click Scene. If you would rather measure the extents of a part or subassembly, then click that object instead.
  3. Click the Extent Box button. This button is located at the top of the Assembly pane.
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titleMeasure the extents of a single part

 The Extent Box command draws a bounding box around a single part and measures the part along the X-, Y-, and Z-axes.

  1. Select the Assembly pane.
  2. Select the part, assembly, or sub-assembly that you would like to measure.
  3. Click the Extent Box button.This button is located at the top of the Assembly pane.
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titleCreate a tube length bill of materials

The Tube Length Bill of Materials command exports the measurements of the model's existing tube lengths to a .csv file.

Prerequisites:

  • Tube length measurements have been created.
  • In the Markups view, any Tube Length markups that are checked will be used to create the Bill of Materials. Check/Uncheck the markups appropriately.
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. How?Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear button. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.
  2. Point to Tubing.
  3. Click Tube Length Bill of Materials.
  4. Select a folder and file name to save the bill of materials .csv file.
  5. Click OK.

Known Limitations

Differing Diameters

The Tube Length Bill of Materials uses the diameter measurement from the start of the tube. If a the tube changes in diameter, this can be reported in the Bill of Materials incorrectly.

Unicode Characters 

Because the CSV format is simply a text delimited file, some characters could not be properly represented. Bill of Materials in Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), and Korean will export in English.

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titleLinear Measurements

 

 

 

 

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titleMeasure minimum distance between edges
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
  2. Select Minimum Distance Between Edges.
  3. Optional: Navigate to or enter a hyperlink to a file or a ???.
  4. Click an edge on the assembly. An edge is highlighted when the pointer is properly positioned for selection.
  5. Click another edge on the assembly.
  6. Drag the label into position and click once
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titleNote

If you want to add several of the same type of markup, you may select the Lock tool checkbox that appears when you select a markup command. This will allow you to keep adding the same type of markup to the scene until you click Stop.

 

 

 

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titleMeasure boundary center by edges
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
  2. Select Boundary Center by Edges.
  3. Optional: Navigate to or enter a hyperlink to a file or a ???.
  4. Click an edge or arc on the assembly. An edge or arc is highlighted when the pointer is properly positioned for selection.
  5. If necessary, continue clicking connected edges or arcs on the model until SpinFire Ultimate can determine the edges of a boundary.
  6. Drag the label into position and click once.
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titleNote

If you want to add several of the same type of markup, you may select the Lock tool checkbox that appears when you select a markup command. This will allow you to keep adding the same type of markup to the scene until you click Stop.

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titleBoundary area by edges
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
  2. Select Boundary Area by Edges.
  3. Optional: Navigate to or enter a hyperlink to a file or a ???.
  4. Click an edge or arc on the assembly. An edge or arc is highlighted when the pointer is properly positioned for selection.
  5. If necessary, continue clicking connected edges or arcs on the model until SpinFire Ultimate can determine the edges of a boundary.
  6. Drag the label into position and click once.
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titleNote

If you want to add several of the same type of markup, you may select the Lock tool checkbox that appears when you select a markup command. This will allow you to keep adding the same type of markup to the scene until you click Stop.

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titleMeasure distance between two surfaces
  1. Open the Linear menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Linear icon. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
  2. Select to Distance Between Two Surfaces.
  3. Optional: Navigate to or enter a hyperlink to a file or a ???.
  4. Click on a surface of the model.
  5. Click on a second surface of the model.
  6. Drag the label into position and click once.
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titleNote
If you want to add several of the same type of markup, you may select the Lock tool checkbox that appears when you select a markup command. This will allow you to keep adding the same type of markup to the scene until you click Stop.

Right-click a dimension markup to make changes to its properties. A context menu will appear and provide command options that are based on the selected markup type. For example, a Point Coordinates markup context menu will differ slightly from an Arc Center to Arc Center markup context menu. (See the Working with 3D Markups for details.)

 

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