There are different ways of measuring geometry objects and entities, depending on how the measurement will be used. If you want to quickly check coordinates, distance, area, or volume in a geometry, you can Measure Using Messages Window or use the Measure Window. If the measured value will be used later in the Geometry sequence or when setting up the physics, use the Measurement Parameters (3D, 2D, and 1D) or, if you are already using constraints and dimensions, available with the Design Module, use the Dimension Parameters in Sketch (2D).

To measure a set of geometric objects or entities selected in the Graphics window, click the Measure button () in the Geometry toolbar (this button is also available in the Mesh toolbar) or right-click in the Graphics window and choose Measure () from the context menu.

The result appears in The Messages Window:

Another way to measure geometry objects and entities is to right-click the Geometry node and select Measure () from the context menu. This opens the Measure window, where you can, for example, measure the volume, area, or length of a selected domain, face, or edge. You can also view the coordinates of a vertex, the distance between two vertices, or the number of entities and the geometry representation (requires a license for the CAD Import Module) of an object. The Measure window has the following content:

From the Type of geometry list, select to measure geometry objects (the default) or the finalized geometry.

From the Geometric entity level list, select Object, Domain, Boundary, Edge, or Point. Then select some objects or entities of the selected type to add to the list.

Under Measurements you find information about these objects, entities, or finite voids. For objects, this section contains the total number of domains, boundaries, edges, points, and finite voids, and the geometry representation. For domains, boundaries, and edges, their total volume, surface area of 3D domains, area of selected boundaries, or length appears. For faces in 3D and domains in 2D, the perimeter is also displayed. If you select a point (vertex), its coordinates are shown. If you select two points (vertices), the distance is shown. If you select two or more points, the average coordinates for the selected points are shown. In all cases except for a single point, maximum and minimum values of the bounding box are also shown.

For 2D and plane geometries, use the dimension parameters available with the Constraint and Dimension Features to create parameters that measure a position, length, distance, radius, or an angle based on a selection of entities. These parameters can be used later in the Geometry sequence or when setting up the physics. For details, see the section Dimension Parameters.