# Physical measurement function

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/physical-measurement-function/13431>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [June 22, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/physical-measurement-function/13431 "2021-06-22T12:01:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Trevan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/trevan/32/10968_2.png) [@Trevan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Trevan)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/physical-measurement-function/13431/1 "2021-06-22T12:01:16Z")

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Is there any plan to develop the entity measurement function in the future? Just like in SolidWorks, you can directly click on an edge or surface to measure, thank you!

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**Author:** ![Rohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/rohan/32/15410_2.png) [@Rohan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Rohan)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/physical-measurement-function/13431/2 "2021-06-22T13:31:33Z")

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Yes you can already do it in Shapr3D .

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/a/a106e8b3781f8e2917c44d8c2dc65180b241ebf8.jpeg)