T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Measure Elements and Relations between Them
MEASURE ELEMENTS AND RELATIONS BETWEEN
THEM
The command “PM: Measure Element or relation between two Elements” serves for measuring
various geometrical characteristics (coordinates, length, perimeter, area, volume, etc.) of a 2D or 3D object,
as well as relations (distance, angle, etc.) between two objects. A new variable can be automatically created
based on a measured parameter, or the value of an existing variable can be modified.
Conducting Measurements
The command “PM: Measure Element or relation between two Elements” can be called as follows:
Keyboard Textual Menu Icon
«Parameters|Measure»
After calling the command, the following actions become available:
Finish input
Exit command
Measure one element parameter
Measure relation between two elements
At the first step of the command you need to select what will be measured: a single object parameters (the
option ) or a relation between two objects (the option ). After activating the selected mode, pick the
object or objects to be measured in the 2D or 3D window. The state of element selection filters in the system
toolbar affects the selection. The set of filters depends on which type of window is currently active in the
system (2D or 3D).
Measuring Parameters of Single Element
Upon activating this mode and picking the object to be measured, the name of the selected object will be
displayed in the “Measure” section of the properties window within the “Element” field, along with its
available set of parameters (the table “Property”).
Upon selecting the desired parameter in this list, you can view the following in the additional fields below
the parameters list:
- description of the given parameter (for example, “Element length” or “Circle radius”);
- its value in the model units (model units are defined in the command “ST: Set Model Status” on the
tab “3D”);
- an expression that is used to evaluate the given parameter (for example, get(“0x3000011”,“LENGTH”)).
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