An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory stores computer-readable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive design information corresponding to an object for which a printed object is to be generated by a 3D printing operation according to a first set of print instructions, generate, using the design information, a set of measurement locations, the measurement locations representing locations on one or more surfaces of the object to be measured by a measurement device, generate a measurement strategy for performing measurement of the set of measurement locations by the measurement device wherein the generating the measurement strategy includes, for each of the measurement locations within the set of measurement locations: determining a printing layer in which the measurement is to be performed for the measurement location, and assigning the determined printing layer to the measurement location, receive measurement data corresponding to the measurement locations measured according to the measurement strategy, after the 3D printing operation according to the first set of print instructions has been initiated on a print device, compare the measurement data to the design information, identify, based on the comparing, deviations between the printed object and the object represented by the design information, and generate information corresponding to the object which reflects the identified deviations. a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory stores computer-readable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive design information corresponding to an object for which a printed object is to be generated by a 3D printing operation according to a first set of print instructions, generate, using the design information, a set of measurement locations, the measurement locations representing locations on one or more surfaces of the object to be measured by a measurement device, generate a measurement strategy for performing measurement of the set of measurement locations by the measurement device wherein the generating the measurement strategy includes, for each of the measurement locations within the set of measurement locations: determining a printing layer in which the measurement is to be performed for the measurement location, and assigning the determined printing layer to the measurement location, receive measurement data corresponding to the measurement locations measured according to the measurement strategy, after the 3D printing operation according to the first set of print instructions has been initiated on a print device, compare the measurement data to the design information, identify, based on the comparing, deviations between the printed object and the object represented by the design information, and generate information corresponding to the object which reflects the identified deviations. receive design information corresponding to an object for which a printed object is to be generated by a 3D printing operation according to a first set of print instructions, generate, using the design information, a set of measurement locations, the measurement locations representing locations on one or more surfaces of the object to be measured by a measurement device, generate a measurement strategy for performing measurement of the set of measurement locations by the measurement device wherein the generating the measurement strategy includes, for each of the measurement locations within the set of measurement locations: determining a printing layer in which the measurement is to be performed for the measurement location, and assigning the determined printing layer to the measurement location, receive measurement data corresponding to the measurement locations measured according to the measurement strategy, after the 3D printing operation according to the first set of print instructions has been initiated on a print device, compare the measurement data to the design information, identify, based on the comparing, deviations between the printed object and the object represented by the design information, and generate information corresponding to the object which reflects the identified deviations.