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[paul pladet]

Is there an easy way to measure the max length of a tube that has been rotated? I do know of a way to get this information, but it takes a couple of steps and measure does not pick the maximum length. If there is no easier way, can this be added in a newer version?

[Keyur Kanade]

You can select 2 entities like 2 points or 2 faces and it automatically gives distance at the bottom. 

Or you can create planes at the desired locations and then measure distance between them. 

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Keyur

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[paul pladet]

Hello Keyur,

The box i made below is the workaround i used and i do know you can easily meassure this. Its the fact however that i even have to create a subsitute to meassure the tube whats the issue. It would be nice that i could meassure the total length of the tube without adding any geometry.

[Keyur Kanade]

You just need 2 points. You can use Split option to split edges of that tube. Then select those 2 points and you will get the distance. 

Please go through help manual for more details 

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Keyur

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[Keyur Kanade]

You can also use Move command to align geometry to global XYZ coordinate. Then select Measure and then select all using box selection. It will give x, y , z extends. 

 

 

[paul pladet]

Hello,

As shown in the image below, splitting the edges does not give me the correct total length:

When i do use move i can ofcourse allign it to the XYZ and this would work, but lets say you have 50 tubes in a document. I'll have to do this 50 times, which takes a long time to do. it would be nicer if we could use Alt or so to allign the measure tool to the object.

[Keyur Kanade]

Scripting might help here. But I am not scripting expert. Please open a new thread for scirpting and somebody will reply. 

Regards,

Keyur

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