# Measure distance

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/measure-distance/28877>\
**Category:** Feature Requests & Ideas\
**Created:** [September 23, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/measure-distance/28877 "2020-09-23T16:51:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![donnie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/donnie/32/15493_2.png) [@donnie](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/donnie)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/measure-distance/28877/1 "2020-09-23T16:51:33Z")

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Could be done a couple ways - If an entire new function couldn`t be added quickly/easily then one “cheap” idea might be to use the supports function as a base - add a display showing the distance between the last selected support and the current - this could come in handy when needing to do more precise support work too.