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Building Geometrical Constructions in CubeCAD

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The mesh file representing a polymesh surface object.
 
== Measuring Objects ==
 
=== Measuring Lengths & Distances ===
 
The '''Distance Tool''' can easily find the distance between any two points within the project workspace; for example, the distance between two characteristic points of two separate objects, or the length of an object's edge.
 
# Select the '''Distance Tool''' [[File:measure_tool_tn.png]] from '''Tools Toolbar''' or use the keyboard shortcut '''D''' and left-click on a snap point of an object or on any blank point the project workspace to establish the starting point of your measurement.
# Left-click on a second snap point or on any blank point the project workspace to define an end point, the Distance Tool's properties dialog displays the distance between these two points.
 
You can measure the distances among several points successively. The distance tool's dialog also shows the three X, Y, Z components of the vector extending from the start point to the end point.
 
[[Image:Distance1_new.png|thumb|400px|Measuring the distance between two snap points.]]
 
=== Measuring Angles ===
 
The '''Angle Tool''' is used to measure the angle between any two edges belonging to the same object or to different objects is the project workspace.
 
# Select the '''Angle Tool''' [[File:angle_tool_tn.png]] from '''Tools Toolbar''' and Left-click on an edge to establish the first leg.
# Left-click on a second edge to establish the second leg, the angle between the two legs will be displayed in degrees Angle Tool's dialog.
 
The dialog also shows the components of the unit vectors along the selected edges.
 
[[Image:Angle1_new.png|thumb|400px|Measuring the angle between two object edges.]]
 
=== Computing Object Extents ===
 
The '''Extents Tool''' can be used to determine the total surface area of surface and solid object, the volume of [[Solid Objects|solid objects]] and the length of [[Curve Objects|curve objects]].
 
# Select the '''Extents Tool''' [[File:info_tool_tn.png]] from '''Tools Toolbar''' and mouse-over an object to display its length, total surface area or volume, whichever applicable.
# Move and hover the mouse from one object to another to compute the extents of several objects successively.
 
 
<table>
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<td> [[Image:Extents1_new.png|thumb|360px|Measuring the surface area and volume of a solid object.]] </td>
<td> [[Image:Extents2_new.png|thumb|360px|Measuring the length of a curve object.]] </td>
</tr>
</table>
 
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