Analyze toolbar
![](../image/command_icons/showdir.png)
ShowDir
Open the Direction Analysis control and turn on direction analysis for curves, surfaces, and polysurfaces.
![](../image/command_icons/showdiroff_rt.png)
ShowDirOff
Close the Direction Analysis control, and turn off direction analysis.
![](../image/command_icons/evaluatept.png)
EvaluatePt
Report the world and construction plane coordinates of a picked location.
![Toolbar: Analyze | Surface Analysis](../image/command_icons/evaluateuvpt_evaluatept_rt.png)
EvaluateUVPt
Report the u and v coordinates of a specified location on a surface.
![](../image/command_icons/length.png)
Length
Report the length of curves or surface edges.
![](../image/command_icons/domain_rt.png)
Domain
Report the domain of a curve or surface.
![](../image/command_icons/distance.png)
Distance
Report the distance between two picked locations.
![](../image/command_icons/angle.png)
Angle
Report the angle between two picked or defined lines.
![](../image/command_icons/diameter.png)
Diameter
Report the diameter of a curve at a specified point.
![](../image/command_icons/bounce.png)
Bounce
Shoot a ray at a collection of surfaces to create a polyline path.
![](../image/command_icons/curvaturegraph.png)
CurvatureGraph
Evaluate curve or surface curvature with a graph.
![](../image/command_icons/curvaturegraphoff_rt.png)
CurvatureGraphOff
Turn off curvature graph display.
![](../image/command_icons/gcon.png)
GCon
Report the geometric continuity between two curves.
![](../image/command_icons/curve deviation.png)
CrvDeviation
Report the maximum and minimum distances between two curves.
![](../image/command_icons/areacentroid.png)
AreaCentroid
Report and marks an object's area centroid.
Link to Mass Properties toolbar
![](../image/command_icons/curvatureanalysis.png)
CurvatureAnalysis
Evaluate surface curvature using false-color analysis.
Link to Surface Analysis toolbar
![](../image/command_icons/curvatureanalysisoff_rt.png)
CurvatureAnalysisOff
Turn off curvature analysis display.
![](../image/command_icons/showedges.png)
ShowEdges
Highlight edges of surfaces and polysurfaces. Displays the Edge Analysis control.
Link to Edge Tool toolbar
![](../image/command_icons/showedgesoff_rt.png)
ShowEdgesOff
Turn off edge display.
![](../image/command_icons/showends.png)
ShowEnds
Open the End Analysis control, and display the endpoints of curves.
![](../image/command_icons/showendsoff_rt.png)
ShowEndsOff
Close the End Analysis control, and turn off endpoints of curves.
![Toolbar: Analyze | Surface Tools](../image/command_icons/flip.png)
Flip
Reverse the normal direction of a curve, surface, or mesh.
![Toolbar: Analyze](../image/command_icons/flip_rt.png)
Dir
Display and edit an object's normal direction.
![](../image/command_icons/check.png)
Check
Report errors in an object's data structure.
Link to Geometry Fix toolbar
![](../image/command_icons/checknewobjects_rt.png)
CheckNewObjects
Report errors in an object's data structure as it is created or imported.
![](../image/command_icons/selbadobjects.png)
SelBadObjects
Select all objects that do not pass Check.
Link to Diagnostics toolbar
![Toolbar: Analyze](../image/command_icons/checknewobjects_selbadobjects_rt.png)
CheckNewObjects
Report errors in an object's data structure as it is created or imported.
![](../image/command_icons/polygoncount.png)
PolygonCount
Report the number of mesh polygons in a selected object.
![](../image/command_icons/edgecontinuity.png)
EdgeContinuity
Uses line hairs to visualize distance, tangency and curvature difference between an edge pair.
![](../image/command_icons/clash.png)
Clash
The Clash command uses clearance distance to detect clashes between two sets of objects.
![](../image/command_icons/intersectself.png)
IntersectSelf
Finds self-intersections in curves and marks them with point objects.
![](../image/command_icons/clearanalysismeshes.png)
ClearAnalysisMeshes
Deletes all surface analysis meshes in the model.