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MEASURE
Quick Reference
See also:
■ Specify Measured Intervals on Objects
Creates point objects or blocks at measured intervals along the length or
perimeter of an object.
Access Methods
Button
Ribbon: Home tab ➤ Draw panel ➤ Measure
Menu: Draw ➤ Point ➤ Measure
Summary
The resulting points or blocks are always located on the selected object and
their orientation is parallel to the XY plane of the UCS.
Use DDPTYPE to set the style and size of all point objects in a drawing.
The points or blocks are placed in the Previous selection set, so you can select
them all by entering p at the next Select Objects prompt. You can use the
Node object snap to draw an object by snapping to the point objects. You can
then remove the points by entering erase previous.
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