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- Open the Angular menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Angular icon. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
- Select Three Vertices Angle to view the Three Vertices Angle dialog box.
- Optional: If you want to measure more than one angle, select the Lock tool checkbox.
- Optional: Navigate to or enter a hyperlink to a file, an Internet page, a user view, or another document in the workspace.
- Click three points on the model. The second point you select will be the vertex of the angle. Red dots designate available points on the model. Crosshairs indicate when the pointer is properly positioned over a point.
- Drag the label into position and click once.
Note
Press Esc on your keyboard to cancel the operation.
If red dots do not appear on the model when you call the command, you may need to go to the 3D Viewer Settings page and click the Points Visible on Picking checkbox.
You can measure the reflex angle by right-clicking the label and selecting Flip Axis from the context menu.
- Open the Angular menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Angular icon. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
- Select Two Edge Angle to view the Two Edge Angle Measurement dialog box.
- Optional: If you want to measure more than one angle, select the Lock tool checkbox.
- Optional: Navigate to or enter a hyperlink to a file, an Internet page, a user view, or another document in the workspace.
Glen: When I use the browser, system crashes. How is this command used? When the other file is opened, do you then use Copy to transfer measurement info?
- Click an edge on the model. The edge is highlighted when the pointer is properly positioned.
- Click a co-planar edge on the model.
- Drag the label into position and click once.
- Click Stop when you're finished taking measurements; at this point, you can still copy the most recent measurement to the WIndows clipboard. Select Close(or X) to end the command and close the dialog box.
Note
Press Esc on your keyboard to cancel the operation.
- Open the Angular menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Angular icon. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
- Select Surface Point to Point Angle to view the Surface Point to Point Angle dialog box.
- Optional: If you want to measure more than one angle, select the Lock tool checkbox.
- Optional: Navigate to or enter a hyperlink to a file, an Internet page, a user view, or another document in the workspace.
Glen: When I use the browser, system crashes. How is this command used? When the other file is opened, do you then use Copy to transfer measurement info?
- Click on a surface. A surface is highlighted when the pointer is properly positioned.
- Click a point on the model. Red dots designate available points on the model. Crosshairs indicate when the pointer is properly positioned over a point.
- Drag the label into position and click once.
Note
Press Esc on your keyboard to cancel the operation.
- Open the Angular menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Angular icon. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
- Select Surface Point to Edge Angle to view the Surface Point to Edge Angle dialog box.
- Optional: If you want to measure more than one angle, select the Lock tool checkbox.
- Optional: Navigate to or enter a hyperlink to a file, an Internet page, a user view, or another document in the workspace.
Glen: When I use the browser, system crashes. How is this command used? When the other file is opened, do you then use Copy to transfer measurement info?
- Click on a surface of the model. A surface is highlighted when the pointer is properly positioned.
- Click an edge on the model. The edge is highlighted when the pointer is properly positioned for selection.
- Drag the label into position and click once.
Note
Press Esc on your keyboard to cancel the operation.
- Open the Angular menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Angular icon. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
- Select Surface Point to Surface Point Angle to view the Surface Point to Surface Point Angle dialog box.
- Optional: If you want to measure more than one angle, select the Lock tool checkbox.
- Optional: Navigate to or enter a hyperlink to a file, an Internet page, a user view, or another document in the workspace.
Glen: When I use the browser, system crashes. How is this command used? When the other file is opened, do you then use Copy to transfer measurement info?
- Click a surface on the model. A surface is highlighted when the pointer is properly positioned.
- Click another surface on the model.
- Drag the label into position and click once.
Note
Press Esc on your keyboard to cancel the operation.
- Open the Angular menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Angular icon. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
- Select Two Points Draft Angles to view the Two Points Draft Angles dialog box.
- Optional: If you want to measure more than one angle, select the Lock tool checkbox.
- Optional: Navigate to or enter a hyperlink to a file, an Internet page, a user view, or another document in the workspace.
Glen: When I use the browser, system crashes. How is this command used? When the other file is opened, do you then use Copy to transfer measurement info?
- By default, the Two Points Draft Angles command measures the angle along the Z-Axis. To choose another axis, click the appropriate radio button in the Two Points Draft Angle Measurement dialog box.
- Click two points on the model. The second point you select will be the vertex of the angle.
- Drag the label into position and click once.
Note
Press Esc on your keyboard to cancel the operation.
You can change or flip the direction of the axis segment used to form the angle by right-clicking the label and selecting Flip Axis from the context menu.
To change the main axis, mouse over the markup label and right-click to view the context menu.
If red dots do not appear on the model when you call the command, you may need to go to the 3D Viewer Settings page and click the Points Visible on Picking check box.• You can change the main axis from the right-click context menu.
- Open the Angular menu on the 3D Document Toolbar. (How? Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Angular icon. You should see a drop-down menu listing the available commands.)
- Select Surface Draft Angle to open the Surface Draft Angle dialog box.
- Optional: If you want to measure more than one angle, select the Lock tool checkbox.
- Optional: Navigate to or enter a hyperlink to a file, an Internet page, a user view, or another document in the workspace.
Glen: When I use the browser, system crashes. How is this command used? When the other file is opened, do you then use Copy to transfer measurement info?
- By default, the Surface Draft Angle command measures the angle along the Z-Axis. To choose another axis, click the appropriate radio button in the Surface Draft Angle Measurement dialog box.
- Click a surface on the model.
- Drag the label into position and click once.
Note
Press Esc on your keyboard to cancel the operation.
You can change or flip the direction of the axis segment used to form the angle by right-clicking the label and selecting from the context menu.
To change the main axis, mouse over the markup label and right-click to view the context menu.
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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