# Measuring (not point to point)

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measuring-not-point-to-point/30504>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 25, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measuring-not-point-to-point/30504 "2024-02-25T06:17:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![alvitdk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@alvitdk](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/alvitdk)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measuring-not-point-to-point/30504/1 "2024-02-25T06:17:58Z")

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Hi, just starting with Shapr3D and have designed quite a good amount of working models to feed my 3D printer successfully, some of them rather complex. What I struggle with is the basic function of measuring between sides of objects at areas that do not have points. The point-to-point measuring tool only allows measuring between defined points but not in the middle or anywhere in an object. I tried searching high and low but am no closer to finding a solution (maybe there isn’t one) as I would think that’s a pretty basic function, no?

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**Author:** ![McD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mcd/32/15504_2.png) [@McD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/McD)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 7:26am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measuring-not-point-to-point/30504/2 "2024-02-25T07:26:52Z")

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Have you tried tapping on the faces, then looking down at the bottom of the screen? There you will see distances, min, max, and some other parameters.

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**Author:** ![alvitdk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@alvitdk](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/alvitdk)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 7:44am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measuring-not-point-to-point/30504/3 "2024-02-25T07:44:38Z")

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Unfortunately, it does not give you the dimensions needed. Here is an object as an example, just quickly want to see the lid’s outside dimensions (left to right) but have not found a way to measure reliable other than using the sketch tool and drawing a line, and deleting afterward.

 ![Screenshot 2024-02-25 114032](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/b/9/b90851a7cd8e9a664b2735d0855d3ce674eb6d5f.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Xdrakosha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/xdrakosha/32/24881_2.png) [@Xdrakosha](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Xdrakosha)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/measuring-not-point-to-point/30504/4 "2024-02-25T10:23:54Z")

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You can add projected edge that will let you do measurements at any time in a future.