# Check a distance?

**URL:** https://forum.formlabs.com/t/check-a-distance/747
**Category:** Feature Requests & Ideas
**Created:** [January 3, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/check-a-distance/747 "2014-01-03T22:15:15Z")
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### Author: ![RyanScavnicky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RyanScavnicky](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/RyanScavnicky)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/check-a-distance/747/1 "2014-01-03T22:15:15Z")

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I would love to be able to check an exact distance by drawing a line from two vertices of my STL model within the PreForm software, just to make sure the scale is correct. At the same time, I think it would make sense to be able to scale using a similar tool.