Measuring Minimum Distance

With the Minimum Distance option you can measure the minimum distance between model parts, as well as any two points from the selection sets: vertices, edges, mid-edges, arc centers, faces or any combination of entity types.

From the Markup menu, select Add Entity, and then select Minimum Distance.

The Measurement Entities dialog box appears.

Note: From the Markup Entity toolbar, you can also click Minimum Distance .

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Set 1.

Select Entity if you want to measure the distance between model parts. Snapping modes are displayed.

Select Geometry if you want to measure the distance between entity types.

If you selected Entity, select a part or parts on the model.

The model part or parts appear in the list under Set 1 and are highlighted on the model and in the Model Tree.

If you selected Geometry, select the snapping modes that you want to use for measuring.

See 3D Snapping Modes

All entities of the selected entity type are highlighted on the model.

Select the entity or entities on the model.

The selected entities appears in the list under Set 1 and are highlighted on the model.

Note: To reset a Set, click Clear. To clear items from a Set, select the items and press the Delete key. To deselect a part or entity type on the model, press the Control key and left-click the part or entity type.

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Set 2.

Repeat steps 4 through 6.

The model part appears in the list under Set 2.

From the Measured Min. Distance Units list, select the unit in which you want to measure the distance.

Click Compute.

The minimum distance from the first set of entities to the second set is highlighted by a line. The measured line path, measurement and unit appear in a value box entity on the current active markup layer. The X, Y and Z coordinates for Position 1 and X, Y and Z coordinates for Position 2 appear in the Measurement Entities dialog box.

Click and drag the value box anywhere on the markup.

To resize the value box, select it and then click and drag the frame handles.

Note: Click Reset to take another measurement.

Click Close to close the Measurement Entities dialog box.