Measure


The measure group allows you to create dimensions, references, geometric tolerances one the primitives and easily create custom measurements in crosshair mode. Once you created all the primitives you are interested in, you can start add measurements.



  • Dimension: on the right hand of the screen appears a guide of the possible combinations for the measurements, as shown in the following picture:



Every case is shown in the following pictures.


1)






set one point


confirm to obtain the point coordinate



2)






select a circle


confirm to obtain the circle diameter



3)





select a circle


select a second circle

confirm to obtain the distance between them


4)






select an arc


confirm to obtain the arc diameter



5)





select a line


select a point

confirm to obtain the distance between them


6)





select a line


select a circle

confirm to obtain the distance between them


7)





select one line


select another line (not parallel)

confirm to obtain the angle between them


8)





select one line


select the other line

confirm to obtain the distance between them


9)





select one point


select another point

confirm to obtain the distance between them


10)




select one point


select the second point

select the a line

confirm to obtain the distance between the point in the direction of the perpendicular of the line





Now, it is necessary to select which kind of measure has to be performed by selecting directly a primitive on the 2DVisualizer or through the Object Tree.

Once, select one primitive on the bottom of the screen appears which action is possible to perform according to the selected elements.



The labels can be moved by clicking on it, outside the measurement editor, and drag it.


  • References: help the setting of the tolerances by giving a label to the designed primitive.



Every case is shown in the following pictures.


1)







Select a Line


Symbol Reference (to a Line)






2)







Select a Circle


Symbol Reference (to a Circle)






Select a primitive to attach a label with a letter.


  • Tolerances: aided by the right-hand guide, after setting the reference, select the object on which to perform tolerance checks of circularity, parallelism and orthogonality.



As for the dimension, in order to show a tolerance it is necessary to select the right combination of primitive as shown in the following figures.


1)






select a line


confirm to obtain the tolerance of the line



2)






select a circle


confirm to obtain the tolerance of the circle



3)





select one line


select a reference of another line

confirm to obtain the tolerance of the parallelism


4)





select one line


select a reference of another line

confirm to obtain the tolerance of the orthogonality


5)





select one circle


select another circle

confirm to obtain the tolerance of concentricity



Furthermore, every dimension and tolerance can be edited in the right bar choosing the nominal value and the upper and lower tolerance.


  • Crosshair: allows to obtain measurements without the support of the primitive. In order to do that read the following steps:


Select the type of measurement (distance, diameter, angle),



drag (by placing the mouse inside its centre square) the crosshair above the point where to start the measurement.

It is also possible to rotate the crosshair by positioning the mouse above purple outer rectangles and dragging it. Reset the counter,



and move the crosshair over the end point to be measured.



Distance crosshair



drag the pointer to the zero point


press "Set zero" set the measure point

move the pointer to have the measurement of the distance shown in the menu

Diameter crosshair




drag the pointer to the zero point 


move the pointer to have the measurement of the diameter shown in the menu


Angle crosshair



drag the pointer to the zero point


press "Set zero" set the measure point

move and rotate the pointer to have the measurement of the angle shown in the menu

On the command bar you can read the measures you are looking for.