HOW TO CALCULATE PERIMETER OF COMPONENT???

[Anonymous]

[kate.raskauskas]

Hi @Anonymous,

Welcome to the community! To get the perimeter of a part, go to Inspect > Measure and select the face of you want to measure the perimeter of, as shown in this forum thread and in the picture below:

[LMD001]

@kate.raskauskas @Anonymous

Hello,

Somehow I missed this post, sorry about that, thanks to Kate, you got the answer!

Best regards,

Ludo

[liw_subs]

What if you did this for the inside of the part where it has holes, would the loop length include and edges of cutouts within the face or this truly and outside parimeter only?

[LMD001]

@liw_subs

Hello liw_subs,

The Measure tool will give you the total perimeter of the face you select, if the face has holes they will be added.

You can see here I selected the upper face and when you hover above Loop Length the calculated loops will be highlighted, in this case 2 loops.

Since the tool will not allow you to select more than 2 edges, and does not calculate the sum of the selected edges, you're left to make the addition manually.

Maybe the tool will be upgraded in the future.

Best regards,

Ludo

[jrinad70]

How about Autodesk call it perimeter.  Loop?  Next they'll be calling a Triangle, shapes with three points.  Sorry for the sarcasm but I just don't understand what gets into people minds to change the name of something that has had an official mathematical name since the dawn of time.

[LMD001]

@jrinad70

Hello jrinad70,

In mathematics a loop is an edge that starts and ends at the same vertex or a path that starts and ends at the same point, maybe Autodesk decided that call it a "loop" was appropriate.

Best,

Ludo