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Dimensions of 3 D surfaces

Dimensions of 3 D surfaces

Dimensions of 3 D surfaces

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Hi,
I am trying to measure the angle between two surfaces in autocad 2007, but i dont know how to do that.
Can anyone help??
Thanks

RE: Dimensions of 3 D surfaces

DIST, then snap to two objects. You'll get the following out:

Distance = 73.5196,  Angle in XY Plane = N 81d40'2" W,  Angle from XY Plane = S
86d6'1" E
Delta X = -72.5750,  Delta Y = 10.6300,   Delta Z = -5.0000

"Angle from XY Plane" should be what you are asking.

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RE: Dimensions of 3 D surfaces

I'd say you have to create a temporary UCS aligned with one of the surfaces, then do a query of a line along the other surface.  Perhaps UCS>>New>>ZAxis; use common edge between surfaces as the z axis, PLAN command, then query the 2 edge angles.

Don't have 2007, perhaps there's a quicker/slicker way?

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