Exact Measures on CGRs and in Visualization Mode

Measure Between and Measure Item commands permit exact measures on inserted CGR files (created from CATIA V4 models, CATParts) as well as on Visualization mode geometry.  This lets you make measures in Visualization mode without having to load the part. For more information, see the table below: the red cells indicate where an exact measure is not possible.

Measure Item

Point

Line

Arc

except length

Curve

Plane

except area, center of gravity

Cylinder/Cone

except area, center of gravity

Sphere

except area, center of gravity

Surface revolution

Surface

Volume

Assembly

Exact measure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measure Between

Point

Line

Center of arc

Curve

Infinite plane

Axis cylinder/ Cone

Center of sphere

Surface (plane, cylinder, sphere, any)

Point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Center of arc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Infinite plane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Axis cylinder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Center of sphere

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surface

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't forget to set the selection mode correctly. To make a measure with respect to an infinite plane means you must set the selection mode to Any geometry, infinite.