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Use the Measure in MR control to take measurements

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Measure the distance, area, and volume of your physical space using your device camera.

To use the measurement feature, your app maker needs to enable the Measure in MR control for your canvas app. Depending on how your app maker has configured the app, the type of measurements can vary as shown in the example below.

Enter measurements

Basic navigation

It's easy to get around and take measurements of your space. The following illustration shows the primary navigation elements.

Image that shows the screen where you can take measurements.

Legend

  1. Camera: Take a picture of your current view. The picture can be used by your canvas app but isn't viewable when you're in a mixed reality experience.
  2. Undo: Rewinds the last measurement action taken and returns to the state before the last add, reset, or delete.
  3. Add: Select to start a new measurement or add a new measurement point. When you're done measuring the button changes to a checkmark button that you select to complete your measurement.
  4. Overview: Opens a list with details of the items you have measured.
  5. Submit: When you're done taking your measurement(s), use the Submit button to close the mixed reality experience and send the measurement(s) to your canvas app. The button is grayed out if there are no measurements or when you're in the process of taking measurements.
  6. Overview: Opens a list with details of the items you have measured.
  7. Reset: Clear all your measurements at once.
  8. Exit: Leave the mixed reality experience and return to your canvas app.

Take a measurement

  1. Open your canvas app and select the Measure in MR button.

  2. Follow the instructions on the screen by moving your device until it vibrates, and white dots appear. The white dot with a circle is the starting point of your measurement.

    Start a measurement.

  3. Select Add button to start a new measurement. Then follow these steps depending on the type of measurement you're taking:

    • Distance

      1. Select Add button and then slowly move the dot to where you want the measurement to end.

      2. Select the checkmark button to finish the measurement.

        Measure wall distance.

      3. Continue taking measurements, or select Submit to save your final measurements and return to your canvas app.

        Submit measurement of desk area

    • Area

      1. Select Add button to add points and outline the area that you want to measure.

        Measure desk area

      2. Connect the last dot to the first dot to complete the measurement. When you're done, select the checkmark button.

        Connect the last dot to the first dot.

      3. Continue taking measurements, or select Submit to save your final measurements and return to your canvas app.

        Continue or submit measurement.

    • Volume

      1. Select Add button to add points and outline the base of the volume that you want to measure.

        Add point to outline the base of the volume.

      2. Connect the last dot to the first dot to complete the measurement.

        Connect the volume measurement.

      3. Move your device upwards and select the desired height and then select the checkmark button.

        Move your device upwards to complete the objects height.

      4. Continue taking measurements, or select Submit to save your final measurements and return to your canvas app.

        Continue taking volume measurements or submit the measurements.

        Note

        If your app has Box Draw enabled then you can only measure volume by a rectangular prism. To take this measurement select four points; three to draw the base and one for the height.

        Measure four points.

    • Freeform

      1. Select Add button to measure distance, multi-segment, area, and volume all together.

      2. Connect the last dot to the first dot to complete the measurement.

        Freeform measurement.

      3. Keep the dot at the last point and tap the green checkmark to finish your current measurement. Continue taking other measurements, or if you are done, select Submit to return to your canvas app.

        Continue taking freeform measurements or submit the measurements.

        The same rectangle can be part of a volume measurement. Instead of selecting the last point you added, rotate your phone upwards to select a height and then tap the green checkmark. Continue taking other measurements, or if you are done, select Submit to return to your canvas app.

        Measure rectangle freeform.

Note

If your app has Box Draw enabled, then in freeform you can only measure in a rectangular area and volume.

track of your measurements

When you take measurements, you can always go back and review your measurements.

  1. At the top select the measurement overview or select the overview button.

    Choose the item you want to measure.

  2. If your app maker has given you specific measurements to take, you can see their types here, beneath their label. Select the arrow next to measurement to view more details.

    Review measurements.

  3. On the Measurement Inputs screen, you can do the following:

    • Select an incompleted measurement to measure it immediately.

    • Select the delete button to clear or remove a measurement.

    • Select the close button or overview button to continue measuring where you left off.

    Review your measurements.