Mesh module provides possibility to perform different measurements of the selected mesh data.

All the measurement operations are available via Measurements top-level menu. An access to the measurements operations is implemented via single dialog box, where each operation is represented as a separate tab page.

Minimum Distance

This operation allows measuring a distance between two objects. Currently only node-to-node and node-to-origin operations are available, but this operation will be extended in future to support other mesh objects - elements, meshes, sub-meshes and groups.

To start Minimum Distance operation, select Minimum Distance item from Measurements menu.

In the dialog box choose the first target and second target mode by switching the corresponding radio buttons, then select the objects between which the distance is to be calculated (or enter directly IDs in case of nodes/elements) and press Compute button.

The following types of targets are supported:

Node: single mesh node;
Element: single mesh element (not available in this version);
Object: mesh, sub-mesh or group object (not available in this version);
Origin: origin of the global co-ordinate system.

The result will be shown in the bottom area of the dialog box. In addition, the simple preview will be shown in the 3D viewer.

Bounding Box

This operation allows to calculate the bounding box of the selected object(s).

To start Bounding Box operation, select Bounding Box item from Measurements menu.

In the dialog box choose desired type of the object by switching the corresponding radio button, select the desired object(s) and press Compute button.

The following types of input are available:

Objects: select one or more mesh, sub-mesh, group objects;
Nodes: select set of mesh nodes;
Elements: select set of mesh elements.

The result of calculation will be shown in the bottom area of the dialog box. In addition, the simple preview will be shown in the 3D viewer.

See Also a sample TUI Script of a Measurement operations.