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Glossary of EM.Cube's CAD Tools

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<td> [[Image:cad_manual-73_tn_new.png|thumb|720px|A pyramid object exploded into its constituent faces. One face has been selected and subsequently removed.]] </td>
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==Extents Tool==
 
ICON: [[File:Extends_tool_tn.png]]
 
MENU: '''Tools &rarr; Measure &rarr; Extents'''
 
KEYBOARD SHORTCUT: '''Shift+E'''
 
FUNCTION: Measures the length, surface area or volume of a geometric object
 
TO MEASURE THE EXTENTS OF AN OBJECT:
 
# Activate the '''Extents Tool'''.
# Hover the mouse over any object in the project workspace.
# A dialog pops up at the lower right corner of the screen. If the highlighted object is a curve, the dialog shows its arc length. If the highlighted object is a surface, the dialog shows its area. If the highlighted object is a solid, the dialog shows both its volume and total surface area.
 
 
SPECIAL CASES OR EXCEPTIONS: You can compute the extents of several objects successively.
 
PYTHON COMMAND:
 
get_length(object)
 
get_area(object)
 
get_volume(object)
 
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<td> [[Image:Extents1_new.png|thumb|550px|Measuring the surface area and volume of a solid object.]] </td>
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<td> [[Image:Extents2_new.png|thumb|550px|Measuring the length of a curve object.]] </td>
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[[File:Fillet_tn.png|thumb|left|720px|The fillet tool.]]
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==Geometric Analysis Tool==
 
ICON: [[File:Extends_tool_tn.png]]
 
MENU: '''Tools &rarr; Measure &rarr; Geometric Analysis'''
 
KEYBOARD SHORTCUT: '''Shift+E'''
 
FUNCTION: Measures the length, surface area or volume of a geometric object
 
TO PERFORM GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS AND MEASURE THE EXTENTS OF AN OBJECT:
 
# Activate the '''Geometric Analysis Tool'''.
# Hover the mouse over any object in the project workspace.
# A dialog pops up at the lower right corner of the screen. If the highlighted object is a curve, the dialog shows its arc length. If the highlighted object is a surface, the dialog shows its area. If the highlighted object is a solid, the dialog shows both its volume and total surface area.
 
 
SPECIAL CASES OR EXCEPTIONS: You can compute the extents of several objects successively.
 
PYTHON COMMAND:
 
get_length(object)
 
get_area(object)
 
get_volume(object)
 
<table>
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<td> [[Image:Extents1_new.png|thumb|550px|Measuring the surface area and volume of a solid object.]] </td>
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<td> [[Image:Extents2_new.png|thumb|550px|Measuring the length of a curve object.]] </td>
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