Virtual Toolbox 4+

This is a virtual toolbox containing Spatial Computing measurement utilities running in mixed immersive space, for estimating the alignment and dimensions of objects in the physical space around you. Measurements like length, width, depth, surface area, and volume are automatically computed as you resize the tools. Current tools include Horizontal and Vertical levels, Box, Sphere, Cylinder, and Cone shapes. The Box and Sphere tools will help you measure floors, walls, rectangles, and circular or spherical shapes. Use Cylinder to measure tubes, pipes, and other elongated objects. To measure funnels and other right angle cones, use the Cone shape. These can be rotated into any angle and scaled to the desired size. Simply overlay these shape tools over physical objects to obtain measurements.

To start, just select a color and tap Open Tools. Labels next to the tool display the current dimensions, such as length and midpoint length for the level tools. Other dimensions that are available depending on the shape of the tool, are radius, diameter, width, depth, height, surface area, and volume, which automatically update as you change the size of the tool.

Simply pinch and drag a tool to move it around your space. Use the rotate gesture to rotate the tool. This can be accomplished by using a pinched finger and thumb on both hands moved in a circular motion. The zoom gesture will increase or descrease the length, or size of the tool. Again you will use a pinched finger and thumb on both hands, but with your hands moving in an open or closed motion. Once you have opened the tools, you may still change the color of a tool by tapping on the Color ornament. To change the color transparency, tap the transparency ornament and drag the slider. The Save ornament will save the current measurement to the system clipboard, which is also saved to the Measurements tab. From here, you may delete any entries by swiping to the left. Tap the copy button if you'd like to copy the entire list to the system clipboard, so it can be pasted into any of your other apps. For the box and sphere tools, the right most ornament lets you open or close the measurement labels.

The box tool label contains a few extra ornaments to select the current expansion direction (vertical, horizontal, depth), and to turn rotation on and off. When rotation is on, the rotate gesture will let you rotate the tool, while locking the zoom/enlarge feature so you can rotate it precisely without effecting the size of the tool. Turn rotation off to enable the zoom gesture, allowing you to change the size of the tool.

These tools provide you with a convenient way to measure in 3D, and help with any vertical and horizontal alignment needs. What shapes or features would you like to have next?

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