Measure an angle from a face
To measure an angle from a face
1. Click
Analysis and then, in the
Measure group, click the arrow next to
Angle.
2. Click
Angle. The
Measure Output and
Angle dialog boxes open.
3. Click Face in the Angle dialog box.
4. Click the face whose angle you want to measure.
5. Specify the reference object, using one of the following ways:
◦ To calculate the angle relative to an edge, click Edge and click the edge.
◦ To calculate the angle relative to another face's normal direction, click the face.
◦ To calculate the angle relative to a workplane's normal direction, click Workplane and specify the workplane.
◦ To calculate the angle relative to a direction, click Direction and specify the direction (using the options in the Direction 3D CoPilot).
6. The viewer displays graphical feedback representing the angle and displays the angle value in the Angle Output box.
7. You can manipulate the angle in the following ways:
◦ To reverse the first object's direction, click Rev 1st Dir.
◦ To reverse the second object's direction, click Rev 2nd Dir.
◦ To reverse the first object's direction with the second, and the second object's direction with the first, click Switch Dir.
◦ To measure the complement angle, click Complement.
The viewer updates the graphical feedback representing the angle and displays the new angle value in the Angle Output box.
8. Click
to complete the operation or click
Accept to use the value in an operation without closing the
Angle dialog box.