Measure takes dimensions off the capture itself — no tape, no second visit.
Opening it
Click Measure in the tool rail. The panel opens with the tool row across the top and your saved measurements below, filtered by Current Capture and Type. On a capture with none yet it says No Measurements Yet — select a tool above and start measuring dimensions.
How measuring works
Every tool follows the same three steps: pick the tool, click the points, then Save — or Start New to throw it away and go again. The result appears on the capture as you work, so you can see whether you picked the right points before committing. Saving raises a Measurement saved confirmation; saving twice tells you it is already saved.
In first-person mode you may be asked to place the point more precisely. A StereoPick prompt opens with a magnified view, because a point picked from one photo alone is less certain than one picked from two. Taking the extra second here is the difference between a number you can quote and one you cannot.
The tool row
Seven buttons, left to right. The first one is not a measurement — it places a reference object, and it is the only button with a dropdown arrow beside it. The other six each answer one question and each names its result the same way: the tool, then a number, so the second angle you take on a capture is Angle 2.
| Tool | What you click | What the dialog gives back |
|---|---|---|
| RulerBoard ▾ | One point, after choosing an orientation | A measured grid left in the scene — see below |
| Distance | Two points | A length in metres, and under it XY (the horizontal run) and the X, Y and Z components separately, colour-coded to the axes. 1.01 m · XY 1.01 m · X 0.95, Y 0.36, Z 0.00 |
| Radius | Points on a curve | A radius — round ducts, columns, arcs |
| Angle | Three points | An angle in degrees, to one decimal |
| Path | A run of points, segment by segment | One cumulative length for the whole run |
| Area | A closed outline | An area in square metres and the perimeter — both, from one outline |
| Volume | A region | A volume, with Cut and Fill and the surface area — the tool for stockpiles and excavations |
The Z component is the one people miss. A distance across a floor and a distance up a wall both come back as a single length; the X/Y/Z breakdown is how you tell which you actually measured, and a Z 0.00 is your confirmation that a run really is level.
RulerBoard, which is not really a measurement
The others answer a question once. RulerBoard puts a measured grid into the scene and leaves it there, so everything in that part of the capture can be read off against it.
The dropdown beside the button chooses the orientation first — Vertical X, Vertical Y, Horizontal, or Best Fit, which lets the surface you click decide. Pick one and placement is guided: a dialog headed with the orientation you chose, STEP 1 OF 2, Select position — select a point to create a Horizontal RulerBoard. If the spot you want is hard to hit, Can’t see the point? is on the same dialog.
Once placed it has a panel of its own, and the panel is mostly two pairs of numbers:
- Ruler Size — how far the grid extends, as Vertical X and Vertical Y in metres.
- Step Interval — the spacing between lines, again X and Y in metres.
Each pair has a link toggle between the two boxes. Linked — which is how it starts — typing one value sets both, so the grid stays square. Unlink it when the thing you are measuring against is not.
The header carries a pencil to rename it, so RulerBoard 2 can become something a colleague will recognise, and a collapse control for when the panel is in the way.
While a RulerBoard is the active reference, its row in the measurement list carries an In Use badge, together with the coordinate it was placed at.
Your saved measurements
The list groups by capture date and shows each measurement with its value. Each row has a visibility toggle, so you can keep a measurement without drawing it, and a menu for the rest.
Whether saved measurements are drawn in the viewport at all is a Settings choice — see Viewer settings. They also travel: Include Measurements is an option when you generate a Timeline Report.
How accurate is it
Accuracy depends on the capture, not on the tool. CupixWorks Dimensional Accuracy Guidelines is the reference article, and it is worth reading before quoting a number to anyone.