topic Re: no results measuring a mesh object in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

no results measuring a mesh object

stiller.design — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 15:58:05 GMT

Anyone else has the same issue, not being able to measure a mesh ?

I don't get any results and it puzzles me....

(view in My Videos)

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g-andresen — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:12:42 GMT

Hi,

works for me

1. try another file

2. quit fusion360 and restart again

günther

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

TheCADWhisperer — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 17:03:59 GMT

@stiller.design

Can you File>Export your *.f3d file to your local drive and then Attach it here to a Reply?

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

stiller.design — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 05:55:43 GMT

I open this 3mf file , but I can't measure anything. it works though when I create the mesh in Fusion 360

PS: had to zip the 3mf file, wouldn't let me upload it otherwise

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stiller.design — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 05:56:32 GMT

restarting did not make a difference

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TheCADWhisperer — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 06:12:54 GMT

@stiller.design

Is the part supposed to be symmetrical?

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

stiller.design — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 06:17:29 GMT

I am trying to measure it , it should be symmetrical but I am not sure why that is relevant for measurements

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

TheCADWhisperer — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 06:49:38 GMT

Is the part supposed to be elliptical?

Triangular faceted mesh is rubbish - not sure why you would try to measure it?

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

stiller.design — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:31:29 GMT

I want to measure it and it doesn't let me do it. It wasn't a question about how awesome the triangles might look like.

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

stiller.design — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:32:33 GMT

the INSPECT (i) tool is not working @TheCADWhisperer

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

g-andresen — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 09:35:40 GMT

Hi,

The measure tool does not have a snap function for mesh objects.
After conversion to solid, however, it works between surfaces, points and also for lines.
Since I don't deal with imported meshes, I can't say if it ever worked.

günther

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

stiller.design — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:38:04 GMT

that is not true , you can measure mesh .... look at this:

this is a mesh and measure works here

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

HughesTooling — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:47:59 GMT

I don't have any problem measuring your mesh. Not sure if I have the latest version of Fusion though, haven't shutdown for a few days.

Mark

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

g-andresen — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:24:18 GMT

Hi,

that´s what I see

(view in My Videos)

günther

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

HughesTooling — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:45:56 GMT

@g-andresen Although you get better results and measurement after conversion you did get a dimension before converting. If you look at the OPs video in the first post they don't get a dimension at all.

Also with orthro views you do seem to get a snap to vertex points.

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

stiller.design — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 01:24:00 GMT

I am running the same version. the strange thing is when I export a file to 3mf and import it I can measure it. but not with this file. Thanks for your help

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

HughesTooling — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 09:13:30 GMT

@stiller.design Yes, something odd about the mesh in your file, I can't get measurements off the mesh either.

Have you got the original mesh file? Can you share it here?

Thanks Mark

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

g-andresen — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:07:27 GMT

Hi,

In some tests I found that the measurement function only works if only the STL format was used for the imports and exports.*.
But, wherever, 3mf was involved, the (defined) measurement is no longer possible.
For this purpose, the file name is not taken over when importing 3MF (in contrast to STL).

* In later attempts, however, it no longer worked even with "pure" STL files.

günther

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

stiller.design — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:37:54 GMT

@HughesTooling that is the 3MF file

Re: no results measuring a mesh object

stiller.design — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 02:06:15 GMT

@HughesTooling could you find any issues?