Points Distance

Measures the distance between two points. Results are displayed in the Modeling Tool panel.

How to use

1. Click the Points distance icon or choose the Tools > Analyze > Points distance command.

2. The program console prompts Pt1.

3. Position the first point either by clicking and dragging in any view (release the mouse button to confirm placement) or by typing its XYZ coordinates in the console. Values must be separated by a space or a comma, i.e. 1 2 3 or 1,2,3, and confirmed by pressing Enter.

Enable Snap to Point if you want to precisely calculate the distance between two existing control points.

4. The program console prompts Pt2.

5. Position the first point either by clicking and dragging in any view (release the mouse button to confirm placement) or by typing its XYZ coordinates in the console. Values must be separated by a space or a comma, i.e. 1 2 3 or 1,2,3, and confirmed by pressing Enter.

6. You can find the distance as well as other options in the Modeling Tool panel.

Options

Pt1

To modify XYZ coordinates of the first point.

Views. Choose the Edit mode. Click the point whose position you want to modify and drag it. Release the mouse button when you reach the desired position.

Modeling Tool panel. Type the new values in the XYZ data fields and confirm them by pressing Enter.

Pt2

To modify XYZ coordinates of the second point.

Views. Choose the Edit mode. Click one of the construction vertices and drag it. Release the mouse button when you reach the desired thickness.

Modeling Tool panel. Type the new values in the XYZ data fields and confirm them by pressing Enter.

Distance

Displays the distance between the two points in the format Distance = 1.000 units.

DX DY DZ

Displays distances between the two points on X, Y, and Z respectively.