User Guide

AUTOCAD 2010 PREVIEW GUIDE
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Measure Tools
The new MEASUREGEOM command enables you to measure the distance, radius, angle, area, or volume of a
selected object or a sequence of points. You can access these tools from the Utilities panel of the Home ribbon
tab. The default option is Distance. However, selecting a different measure tool will set it as the default for the
remainder of the AutoCAD session or until a different tool is selected.
Figure 36. Measure tools
The Distance tool enables you to measure the distance between two points. AutoCAD visually displays the
distance, delta x, delta y, and angle in the xy plane within the Drawing Editor. If you select the Multiple option,
you can continue picking points and, with each pick, AutoCAD displays the cumulative distance. Other options
within the Distance tool are similar to the Polyline command enabling you to switch between Line and Arc
measuring modes.
You can use the Radius tool to display the radius of a selected arc or circle. The Angle tool measures the angle
of a specified arc, circle, line, or vertex.
The Area tool enables you to specify points or select objects to display the included area. You can use the Add
or Subtract options to determine cumulative areas. As you specify points or select objects, the included area
dynamically highlights so that you can see what you’ve selected! Additional options within the Area tool enable
you to switch between line and arc measuring tools so that you can easily measure curved spaces as well as
polygonal.
Figure 37. Area highlighting