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    CATIA measure along direction

    OMG, that's exactly what I meant! Thank you so much! What a shame that the normal measuring tool doesn't include that option... Thanks a ton!
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    CATIA measure along direction

    Thanks a lot! To clarify, I want to determine the maximum distance in z (and only in z) between the curve and the surface. So I'm not interested in the lowest or highest point of either the surface or the curve. If I were to draw lines from the curve to the surface in z direction, I would try to...
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    CATIA measure along direction

    Thanks! That's not exactly what I need, I want the x- and y-delta to be zero. Verbalized, it would sound like this: "Return the maximum distance along the z-direction between the curve and the surface."
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    CATIA measure along direction

    Hello, I want to measure the maximum distance between a line and a surface along the z-direction (vertical). Is there any way to do that? All I get is shown in the screenshot attached. Please note the axis system for z-direction!

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