#### Measuring a Line

| With the Line icon you can measure the orientation and linearity of a line belonging to a plane aligned with a reference plane, or a line in space.
To create a measured line you must take two hits on the part. Measured Lines and Working Planes When creating a measured line, PC-DMIS expects the hits for the line to be taken at a vector perpendicular to the current working plane. For example, if your current working plane is ZPLUS (with a vector 0,0,1), and you have a block-like part, the hits for the measured line must be on a vertical wall of that part, such as the front or side.

If you then wanted to measure a line feature on the top surface of the part, you would need to switch the working plane to XPLUS, XMINUS, YPLUS, or YMINUS, depending on the direction of the line.

See the "Working Plane List" topic for information on how to change the working plane.

See the "Basic Measurement Format for a Line" topic for information on the associated Edit window command in the "Creating Measured Features" section.