Method for determining dimensional properties of a measured object having a multiplicity of geometric elements (46, 48, 50, 52), comprising the following steps: - providing a coordinate measuring machine having a measuring head for recording measured values representing a position of at least one measurement point on the measured object, - providing a database containing a multiplicity of predefined measurement elements and a multiplicity of typical test features with respect to the predefined measurement elements wherein each typical test feature from the multiplicity of typical test features represents a defined dimensional property of at least one predefined measurement element, - providing a pictorial representation of the measured object, which pictorial representation shows at least one first and one second geometric element (46, 48) from the multiplicity of geometric elements (46, 48, 50, 52), - selecting the geometric elements (46, 48) on the basis of the pictorial representation and selecting test features (56, 58a, 58b) for the geometric elements (46, 48), and - creating in a computer-aided manner a defined measurement sequence depending on the test features, characterized in that the step of selecting comprises selecting individual geometric elements in the pictorial representation of the measured object by a user, in that suitable test features (56, 58a, 58b) for the first geometric element are graphically displayed in the pictorial representation of the measured object if the operator selects the first geometric element, wherein the suitable test features (56, 58a, 58b) are determined from the multiplicity of typical test features by the selected first geometric element being assigned to a predefined measurement element from the multiplicity of predefined measurement elements, and wherein the display of the test features offered for further selection changes depending on the current selection if the operator selects a different geometric element and/or further geometric elements, in that at least one displayed suitable test feature (56, 58a, 58b) for the first geometric element is selected by the operator in the pictorial representation of the measured object, wherein the at least one displayed suitable test feature becomes, as a result of the selection, a selected test feature for the first geometric element, and in that the defined measurement sequence is created in a computer-aided manner depending on the selected test feature, and furthermore comprising the following further steps - recording individual measured values on the first geometric element with the aid of the measuring head and depending on the defined measurement sequence, and - determining a numerical value depending on the individual measured values, wherein the numerical value represents a dimensional property of the first geometric element which corresponds to the selected test feature. - providing a coordinate measuring machine having a measuring head for recording measured values representing a position of at least one measurement point on the measured object, - providing a database containing a multiplicity of predefined measurement elements and a multiplicity of typical test features with respect to the predefined measurement elements wherein each typical test feature from the multiplicity of typical test features represents a defined dimensional property of at least one predefined measurement element, - providing a pictorial representation of the measured object, which pictorial representation shows at least one first and one second geometric element (46, 48) from the multiplicity of geometric elements (46, 48, 50, 52), - selecting the geometric elements (46, 48) on the basis of the pictorial representation and selecting test features (56, 58a, 58b) for the geometric elements (46, 48), and - creating in a computer-aided manner a defined measurement sequence depending on the test features, - recording individual measured values on the first geometric element with the aid of the measuring head and depending on the defined measurement sequence, and - determining a numerical value depending on the individual measured values, wherein the numerical value represents a dimensional property of the first geometric element which corresponds to the selected test feature.