# How to measure height/lengths of objects & bodies

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-measure-height-lengths-of-objects-bodies/3823>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [January 19, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-measure-height-lengths-of-objects-bodies/3823 "2019-01-19T06:16:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-measure-height-lengths-of-objects-bodies/3823/1 "2019-01-19T06:16:10Z")

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When I select an object or extruded body I have no data as to their widths or heights/etc. I can see surface area and volume, but no additional dims. How can I quickly measure something (or several things) in the environment?

In uMake they have a really handy and quick lasso tool that automatically provides dims once you select something or multiple things. How do I do this in Shapr3D?

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**Author:** ![jared.french](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jared.french/32/2937_2.png) [@jared.french](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jared.french)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-measure-height-lengths-of-objects-bodies/3823/2 "2019-01-19T06:26:37Z")

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I discovered a single tap will disclose radius and if I change to a 3D view I can manage to tap to the top of the cylinder to get its height? Are there view rules to achieving measurements?

Was unable to get a height measurement on the box. Only width and length. Seems very tap-frenzy to get the measurement I want. Anything but a smooth experience. What am I doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![Lichtagent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/lichtagent/32/32884_2.png) [@Lichtagent](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Lichtagent)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-measure-height-lengths-of-objects-bodies/3823/3 "2019-01-19T06:41:17Z")

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@jared.french

Hi Jared,  
I tap an upper edge and the corresponding lower edge. This shows the distance (aka height) of the two edges in the info row at the bottom of the screen.

Unfortunately I still haven’t found a swift method for changing the length of a body without cutting out a section, translating one part to a specific distance and re-connecting them via extrusion of one cut-face…

Cheers Chris

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**Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-measure-height-lengths-of-objects-bodies/3823/4 "2019-01-19T07:04:34Z")

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Thanks that worked!

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**Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-measure-height-lengths-of-objects-bodies/3823/5 "2019-01-19T07:19:36Z")

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Hi!

If you select one of the surface (not only the edge) of the cylinder , you can set the height in the little pop up window  
Brg  
A.

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**Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-measure-height-lengths-of-objects-bodies/3823/6 "2019-01-19T08:14:16Z")

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Hello A.,

on simple bodies this works fine - you can readjust the height via the control box as you described or you can simply push one face in or out to your specific measurement.  
The problem arises when you try to adjust the dimensions of some tapered body, especially if you derived it from revolving a sketch so that it isn’t constructed out of simple geometric bodies.

For my adapter I could identify an uniform part that could be cut and shifted to achieve different lengths without the hassle of tapered structures, but this was just luck.

Cheers Chris

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**Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-measure-height-lengths-of-objects-bodies/3823/7 "2020-09-25T12:01:18Z")

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This is how you can measure objects in Shapr3D: [https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001445613-Where-can-I-see-detailed-measurements-of-my-shapes-and-objects-](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001445613-Where-can-I-see-detailed-measurements-of-my-shapes-and-objects-)

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**Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-measure-height-lengths-of-objects-bodies/3823/8 "2024-12-22T00:09:53Z")

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I feel your pain.

When we select an object, we just want to see

- Width
- Height
- Length

Not surface area & volume.  
When I go to B&Q, to get my wood cut, I don’t say to the guy, could you cut me 74,000 mm square of wood. I just give him _width_, _length_ & _height_.

This volume stuff is absurd. I mean yes fine, show _volumes_ & _surface area_ as an extra stat, but give us what we really need first.

Granted the _width_, _length_ & _height_ can only be done for primitive shapes like rectangles, but if a complex shape [several objects from a union] is selected, the measurements of the shape’s _bounding box_, could be defined, instead.

Doing it the current way, I have to measure three lines individually, which is fiddly & time consuming. Why not just give us W x H x L, all in one go when selecting objects?

Please add these vital measurements.