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AndyPoulsen12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
March 23, 2022
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Helpful Tips: Measuring distance between faces (or any two points)

  • March 23, 2022
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We recently had a request for information on how to measure the distance or offset between planar faces in Modeling (though these tips really apply for measuring the distance between any two points). 

 

Here is a simple video (about 4 1/2 minutes) that shows a few different options, including one tip showing how to get the X, Y, and Z components AND the overall length between the points using a single operation!

 

https://youtu.be/_4dmHQe5mlk

 

I hope this is useful for some of you! Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

Thanks!

 

andy

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      SavaS6-Contributor
      6-Contributor
      April 24, 2022

      Thanks for this! 

      I have one question. Is it possible to quickly measure the distance between the axes of two parallel cylinders? It seems there is no such  option....

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      highway4513-Aquamarine
      13-Aquamarine
      April 24, 2022

      You could take the option "point to point" and catch the center points.

      If not in same height you could set a working plane and make help lines with "section".

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      SavaS6-Contributor
      6-Contributor
      April 25, 2022

       I found some option -   something similar of what you describe. 

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