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3D measurements update!

Improvements to the measurement tools in Catenda Hub

Written by Sjaak Velthoven

There are some improvements that has been made to the measurement tools in Catenda Hub.

 

The following topics are described in this article:

Measurement units - Snap to objects - Point measure - Measurement toolbox

 

 

1. Measurement units

Recently we added support for imperial measurement, in addition to the existing metric ones. The default can be defined in project settings.

 

 

 

2. Snap to objects

Both with the measurement tape and the laser measure tool can you now snap to objects.

  • Curves and lines created by a clipping plane can be snapped to.

  • Centres of circular objects like pipes can also be snapped to.

  • Points in point clouds can be snapped to.

 

Notice the “bullseye” in the measurement pointer.

  • A red bullseye indicates snapping to a line or a curve.

  • A green bullseye indicates snapping to a corner.

  • A blue bullseye indications that it is still waiting to snap to something.

 

 

 

3. Point measure

A new tool in the measure toolbox is the point measure.

With this tool you can get the x, y and z position of the part you are pointing at in 3D. It is supported both for IFC and point clouds. This tool also supports snapping.

 

 

 

4. Measurement toolbox

All of these tools can be accessed by clicking on the arrow icon in the top right corner of the 3D viewer.

 

 

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