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    Measure curved surfaces

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    • B Offline
      babycody
      last edited by

      Is there any way to measure a curved surface in Sketchup?

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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        What kind of a curved surface and what do you want to measure? It's surface area? Length? Radius?

        A more detailed description of what you've got and what you're after would be a big help.

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        • mitcorbM Offline
          mitcorb
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          Your basic question has generated more questions. Measure from where to where? Area? Circumference of the circle inferred by the curve? Radius of the curve? The curvature of the curve?

          I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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            babycody
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            I am making a model of a Norcon talk thru communicator. There is a goose neck microphone that needs to be 18". I used the follow me tool to trace a path, but I am not sure how long the path is since it has two curves (one going down, one going up).

            http://www.concessionstands.com/site/images/ttu-1a.jpg

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
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              Open Entity Info and select the curves and any other segments in the path. The length will be displayed there.

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