# Does the Measure Tool work at all?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/does-the-measure-tool-work-at-all/36434>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 9, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/does-the-measure-tool-work-at-all/36434 "2025-02-09T01:17:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![TexInventor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/texinventor/32/30459_2.png) [@TexInventor](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TexInventor)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/does-the-measure-tool-work-at-all/36434/1 "2025-02-09T01:17:29Z")

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I am unable to ever get the Measure tool to do anything other than measure a single edge in a plane. It’s so recalcitrant that I’m wondering if it really works in 3D at all, or just in sketches…

I need a point-to-point measurement, but I am utterly unable to get it to measure between the points I want (which are parts of shapes in different planes that help define two different bodies, but both are on an already existing line in 3D:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/d/5/d530fd95227e16525cd060223db881a7428b360d.png) Though not shown in this image, I can see points show up from time to time, including the two I want to measure between (what makes them appear and disappear is also more or less a mystery to me…) To make it all the more maddening, the upper point is at the Origin!

So far, I have utterly failed at this, and have literally wasted over an hour trying to figure out how to get the Measure Tool to work, to no avail. (Yes, I can just draw a line between the points and check its length (apparently not using the measure tool), but I AM trying to learn how to actually use the Shapr3D tools. It looks to me like this one just doesn’t work.)

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**Author:** ![JST](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@JST](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/JST)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/does-the-measure-tool-work-at-all/36434/2 "2025-02-09T06:41:44Z")

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As far as I know, the measuring device can measure dedicated points on the body, center, bisector, endpoint. In the video, I move the pencil over the surfaces…

https://www.loom.com/embed/f3ea9286cd1542c2b413536d06c665d8

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**Author:** ![TexInventor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/texinventor/32/30459_2.png) [@TexInventor](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TexInventor)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/does-the-measure-tool-work-at-all/36434/3 "2025-02-09T13:38:50Z")

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I can get points to show up as shown in your video (and the two I want are highlighted with various mouse-wiggling) . I cannot figure out how to designate the two points I want a measurement between, though.

To a first order approximation, the P2P measure feature just seems to be broken and unusable.

I should not have to create another line every time I want a measurement, but it seems that’s the only way.