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== Setting up Measurement units in Blender (only in Edit Mode) ==

'''1.''' Start up Blender

'''2.''' When in Blender, on the right hand side you‘ll see a tab with this [[File:Blender_icon-scene.jpg]] icon (scene). Click it.

'''3.''' Under that tab you‘ll find Units:

[[File:Blender_Units.jpg]]


'''4.''' Click on Metric.

''The '''Scale''' slider effects the general measurement reference point in the whole scene.''

''At this point you've enabled '''Metric units''' in blender. But you won‘t see them anywhere yet.'' 


To fix this we must do one more thing:

'''1.''' To start off we need to switch to '''Edit mode'''. There are two ways to do so:

'''a.''' One method would be to simply press the '''[TAB]''' key on your keyboard to switch between '''Object mode''' and '''Edit mode'''.

'''b.''' Another way would require you to find, at the bottom of the screen, a drop down menu that looks like this [[File:Blender_Object_mode.jpg]] or this [[File:Blender_edit_mode.jpg]]. 

If it says anything other then '''Edit Mode''' you left click it and select [[File:Blender_edit_mode.jpg]]

'''2.''' Once you've got the '''Edit Mode''' on, at any point in Blender press the keyboard shortcut '''[N]''' to open up a menu on the right hand side of the '''3d view''' that will look something like this:

[[File:Blender_N_menu.jpg]]


'''3.''' In that very same menu you need to find under '''Mesh Display''' a few check mark boxes under '''Edge Info''' with the names '''Length''' and '''Angle''' next to them. 

You only need to check the box next to '''Length'''.

[[File:Blender_N_menu-MeshDisplay.jpg]]


Once you've checked '''Length''' you have the option of viewing metric numbers for measurements while editing your model in '''Edit Mode''' only.



I‘ll explain a few of the other options there:

Edge Info:
*'''Length:''' Gives you the length between any vertices you have selected at any time.
*'''Angle:''' Gives you the angle between two connected lines.



== Project's ==
*[[3D_printed_phone_case]]



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