Entity Measurement

To output various properties of entities, the following Measure command options are available.

• Measure Between
• Measure Small

Measure Between

Measure Between {Vertex|Curve|Surface |Volume|Body|Node} <id | id_list> [{Vertex|Curve|Surface|Volume|Body|Node} <id>]

The Measure Between command outputs the distance from one entity to the next. The result will always be the minimum distance between entities. Specifically, measuring between two spherical bodies will output the minimum distance between the two bodies not the distance between centroids. The example shown below will output the minimum distance between vertex 1 and surface 2.

Measure between vertex 1 surface 2

Measure Small

Measure Small {Length|Area|Volume|All} {Body|Surface} <id_list>

The Measure Small command locates all of the lengths, areas, or volumes smaller than the Measure Small Tolerance setting. Entities meeting the small tolerance criteria are listed in the output window and typically highlighted in the view port. The following two commands set the small tolerance to 0.1 and output all of the curves within body 1 with lengths at or below the small tolerance.

set measure small tolerance 0.1

measure small length body 1