The Measurement panel

The panel opens by itself when you draw or select a measurement. To open or close it yourself, click Measurements on the toolbar. Every figure in it is described in Measurement results.

Header

Item	What it does
Title	While you draw: Line or Outline and the number of points. Afterwards: the measurement’s name — for example “OBS-012 · Area” for a saved one
Explain	Shows a plain-language sentence under every figure, and the method notes. The figures do not change. Off by default
‹	Collapses the panel to a thin bar on the left edge

Figures

The rows depend on what was measured: a line shows Length, an outline shows Perimeter and Area, and both show the elevations and slopes. A volume, a 3D defect and a depth profile add their own rows above or below these. A warning beside the figures names anything that limits them — for example, an outline with points on the wrong surface.

What do these figures mean? opens a small diagram of which side of the reference each volume figure describes.

Measure as

Shown once a line or an outline is finished. It changes what the same points are measured as, without drawing them again:

Shape	Choices
Closed outline	Area, Volume, 3D defect
Line	Distance, Depth profile, Section — the last two only for a line of exactly two points

A choice that is not possible says why when you hold the pointer over it. See Change what an outline measures.

Volume, missing concrete or depth profile

For these three, the panel adds a block with:

Control	What it does
Against	Volume only: the base surface the volume is measured against. See Volume base surfaces
Altitude (m)	Volume with Flat custom (horizontal) only: the height of the level, in metres
?	Opens the illustrated comparison of the base surfaces, the 3D defect reference and the depth profile
Measure volume (Measure defect, Measure depth profile)	Runs the measurement on the model. Reads Measuring… while it runs, and Re-measure once a figure exists. Not shown for a saved measurement, which is measured again when you apply a change

Point history

Shown for a saved measurement whose points have been moved. Each row says which points moved, when, and what the measurement read before. Restore puts the outline back to that position and measures it again. The last 5 positions are kept.

Actions

Button	When it is shown	What it does
Save	An unsaved measurement	Stores the measurement under its own automatic title. Unavailable until the figure is measured
Add observation	An unsaved measurement	Opens the Save measurement form, so you can add a severity, a category and notes
Edit details	A saved measurement	Opens the finding form for this measurement
Edit shape	A finished outline or line	Opens the points for editing: drag a point to move it, click the outline to add one, double-click a point to remove it. Reads Done shaping while you shape a new outline
Apply, Apply & re-measure	While you shape a saved measurement	Writes the new shape in one change. A volume, a 3D defect or a depth profile is measured again on the server
Cancel	While you shape a saved measurement	Puts back the shape as it is stored. Nothing is written
Update Fly-to view	A saved measurement	Replaces the view that the measurement flies back to with the view on the screen
Delete	Any measurement	Discards an unsaved measurement, or deletes a saved one (see Delete a finding)
Clear all	Always, at the foot of the panel	Discards every unsaved measurement. Saved measurements are not affected

Important

Apply and Update Fly-to view change a saved record. If the measurement is signed off, the sign-off is withdrawn. See About findings and sign-offs.

Section plane

For a section, the panel has no figures. It says which half of the model is hidden and offers Flip which half is hidden, Cut again along these points and Clear the section. See Cut the model with a section plane.