How to measure static mesh height or width in units?

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How do you measure the exact dimensions (height/width/depth) of a static mesh in units? I do not want to get the relative scale of the object, that is a value that defaults to (1,1,1). I want to retrieve the exact height of the static mesh in a blueprint in units. (Comparable to the measure function in 3DSMAX).

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Is there no function to measure an object in units (width/height/depth)?

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Thanks! It worked.

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They are called Bounds in APIs

There Get Actor Bounds for whole actor

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and Get Component Bounds for single component

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I’m getting 404 errors on the links :frowning:

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You could search for those functions :slight_smile: Here’re the links:

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/API/RuntimeModules/Engine/GameFramework/AActor/GetActorBounds/index.html

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/API/RuntimeModules/Engine/Kismet/UKismetSystemLibrary/GetComponentBounds/index.html

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It should be noted that these are Axis Aligned Bounding boxes. What this means, is if you have a mesh that is a box with side lengths X=3, Y=4, Z=5, then the AA bounds will ONLY be <3,4,5> when your box mesh has no rotation. As soon as you start to turn it then the AA bounds will start to change.

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Is there a way to compensate for this? So that the I get correct side length regardless of the mesh’s rotation?

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You could perhaps save the dimensions of the bounding box BEFORE it is rotated. Then you’ll have access to it always.

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In Unreal 5.3 get component bounds and get actor bounds only give us the location of actor. not its size.

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