The invention discloses a method for measuring the shape and position dimensions of a short arc complex part, and relates to the technical field of part measurement. Comprising the following steps: determining a first
reference surface, a first reference element and a second reference element according to clamping and positioning of a part in each process; the first
reference surface is determined through a first reference element and a second reference element; determining a Z-axis direction, an X or Y-axis direction and a coordinate origin of a coordinate
system according to the first
reference surface, the first reference element and the second reference element, and establishing a measurement coordinate
system; the coordinate origin of the measurement coordinate
system is translated to the theoretical position of the center point of the outer arc, the circle center position of the fitted outer arc and the coordinate system direction are obtained, and a new fitted coordinate system is formed; and measuring the size of the part according to the new fitting coordinate system. The problem that the size of a short-arc complex part cannot be accurately measured in the prior art is solved.