Angle
SURFCAM will display a pop-up window showing the value of the True Angle, the CView Angle and the Current View angle.
Distance
Display the distance between any two locations selected using the Select Point menu.
Use the Analyze menu to display coordinate information about elements, locations and distances on the screen.
Values displayed in Windows-type dialog boxes can be copied by pressing CTRL+C, then pasted into a different dialog box—for example, into an NC Menu dialog box—by pressing CTRL+V.
When you analyze an entity, you do not generally need to close the resulting pop-up window before choosing to analyze another entity. You can even choose another command from the Analyze menu and continue to analyze other entities without closing the pop-up window.
You can also select certain commands from the Main menu, keeping the Analyze dialog box open for subsequent copy and paste functions.
Distances and locations are displayed using the current coordinate system. When the Coord parameter is set to VIEW in the Status menu, the locations and distances displayed are relative to the current construction coordinate system.
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Angle SURFCAM will display a pop-up window showing the value of the True Angle, the CView Angle and the Current View angle. Distance Display the distance between any two locations selected using the Select Point menu. |
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Analyze the distance between two surfaces or splines.
Elements
Display detailed information about any single element.
You can single out, or mask, elements to analyze by type and color. Masking makes element selection easier when trying to analyze a complex 3-dimensional image in which many elements are close or overlapping.
Location
Display the X, Y, and Z coordinates of a specified location.
Tangency
Tangency measures the angle between the tangents 1) to the two surfaces at corresponding points on their edges, 2) to the two splines at their endpoints, or 3) to the spline at its end point and the surface at a point on its edge closest to the end point of the spline. Click Tangency. The prompt asks you to select the first and then the second surface edge or spline. If you select two surface edges, the Tangency dialog box appears.
If you select two spline end points or a spline end point and a surface edge, a pop-up window appears and displays the angle value between the two tangents.
Show the measurement of the angle where two surfaces/splines meet.
Display a pop-up window evaluating points based upon their distance from a surface.
Display a pop-up window showing the minimum and maximum radius, or curvature, across a defined grid of points.
Copy and Paste data from the Analyze windows, as follows.
Hold and drag the pointer over the text you want to copy.
Press CTRL+C to copy.
Click in any input box, or text editor, or word processor.
Press CTRL+V to paste.