Save a measurement

A measurement that you have not saved exists only in your browser. Saving it makes it a finding: it gets a number (OBS-…), your colleagues can see it, and it can be signed off and reported.

Before you begin

• The measurement is finished: the line or outline is closed.
• A volume, a 3D defect or a depth profile has been measured. Save stays unavailable until it has, because what is saved is the figure you have seen.
• No finding form is open.

To save a measurement quickly

1. Select the measurement.

2. In the Measurement panel, click Save.

   The measurement is saved under an automatic title, such as “Area 1.24 m²”, with the view on the screen as its saved view. Its number appears on the model.

To save a measurement with details

1. In the Measurement panel, click Add observation.

   The Save measurement form opens, with a suggested title and the measured figures already in Engineering assessment.

2. Complete the form, and then click Save. See Record a finding from a measurement.

After saving

• The finding is a draft until someone signs it off. See Sign off a finding.
• To add details later, select the measurement and click Edit details, or click Edit on its card.
• The figures are stored with the finding. They are not recalculated when you open it later.

Note

If a section plane is on when you save, the cut is saved with the view. See Cut the model with a section plane.