More about Measure Cursors

The table below describes the various measure cursors.

The appearance of the Measure Between and Measure Item cursor changes as you move it over items to reflect the measure command you are in and to help you identify the selection. Dynamic highlighting of surfaces, points, and vertices, etc. also helps you locate items to click on.

Measure Between

Measure Item

Geometry


 

Surface


 

Planar surface


 

Line


 

Curve


 

Point


 

Circle


 

Sphere


 

Cylinder

Volume

In Measure Between, a number (1 for selection 1 and 2 for selection 2) identifies where you are in your measure.