There is a variety of engineering surfaces having linear scratches/grooves of different density, width and depth, some parts covered by folded metal, and some parts totally interrupted and unbalanced as a result of the machining or wear process. These grooves are critical for good function of the surface, and need to be quickly and objectively quantified for an efficient surface finish development. A suitable way to do this is to use optical 3D measurements and to combine the profile and image analysis. In this tutorial extraction and quantification of grooves/wear scratches of machined (honed and polished) and worn (honed) surfaces will be presented. In particular, it will be shown how the features, such as width, height, and distance between grooves, honing angle, balance of honing texture, and groove interrupts can be successively characterized.