To temporarily display the dimension between two nodes in the active View window, use the following procedure.

1. On the Utilities ribbon tab, select the Node Tools > Node to Node Distance tool in the Geometry Tools group.

   The mouse pointer changes to the Node to Node Distance cursor ().

2. Click on any two nodes in succession in the active View window.. A dimension call out is added between these two nodes.
3. Repeat step 2 to dimension as many distances as needed.
4. Either: 

   Press the <Esc> key

   or

   Select the Node to Node Distance tool again

   The mouse pointer returns to the normal selection mode.