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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Angle</b> toolbar options to display angle measurements between two curves, between two planar objects (planes, Datum Planes or Planar Faces), or between a line and a planar object.
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      <p class="para_topic">You can measure angles in 3D, project onto the WCS XY plane, or project onto the screen plane.  Access the <b class="uiTerm">Angle</b> toolbar from the menu bar:  <b class="uiTerm">Analysis</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Angle</b>. 
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                  <p class="para_note_body"><b class="uiTerm">Keep Measurement</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/keep_measure.gif" border="0"> does not create a feature if the angle is generated using a spline object. 
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