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52 Chapter 10: Precision and Drawing Aids
Drawing Aid Utilities
The utilities listed here are additional aids to
drawing and precision. The Measure utility
returns the measurements of a selected shape or
3D object. The Rescale World Units uti lity rescales
either a selection or an entire scene.
Use the Utilities panel (page 3–778) to open a
drawing aid utility and make it active.
Measure Utility (page 2–52)
Rescale World Un i ts Utility (page 2–53)
Measure Utility
Utilities panel > Utilities rollou t > Measure button
The Measure utility provides measurements of a
selected object or shape.
See also
MeasureDistanceTool(page2–15)
Procedure
To measure an object:
1.
OntheUtilitiespanel,clicktheMeasurebutton.
2. Select the object you want to measure.
If both an object and a shape are in the
selection, information is displayed for both
types. If several objects are in a select ion, the
sum of their measurements is displayed.
Interfa ce
Text display—Displaysthenameoftheobjectinthe
cur rent selection. If more than one object is in the
selection, Multiple Objects Selected is displayed.
Lock S e l ected —Prevents the displayed data from
changing when you change selection. For example,
you might need to select and manipulate another
object that affects the currently selected object.
Objects group
Displays information about renderable mesh
objects.
Surf ace Area—Displaysthetotalsurfaceareaofall
objects in the selection, in units squared.
Volume—Displays the total volume of all objects
in the select ion, in units cubed. Note that objects
w ith "holes" caused by missing faces can result
in inaccurate volume values. When an object has
one or more holes, an asterisk appears beside the
Volum e nu m b er.