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Open a survey in the 3D viewer.
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Choose Distance Measurement from the toolbar on the left of the view, then click two points. The distance appears as a label in the scene.
Distance Measurement in the toolbar - 3
Keep clicking to chain segments, for example along the edges of a slab.
Chained distance measurements around a slab - 4
Use Height Measurement for vertical distances, such as a clearance or a wall height. Area measurement works the same way for surfaces.
Height Measurement, shown in green - 5
With a BIM model loaded, measure between the scan and the model. Points on the BIM show in blue and points on the point cloud in red, and the label shows which pair you measured.
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For a cross-section, use Height Profile or Width Profile. The next tutorial, Width & height profiles, covers both step by step.
A width profile, opened as a 2D graph - 7
Your measurements are listed under Measurements in the Scene panel, so you can hide them or come back to them later.
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