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DescriptionButton
Calculates an angle between two lines.
Calculates an area on a plane.
Measures the shortest distance between
two selected objects.
Clears all measuring lines in the Scene
Area.
Enables you to move or rotate an object.
Converts the endpoint markers, the lines,
and any displayed measurement values
into redlines.
Measuring
You can use measuring tools to make linear, angular, and area measurements, and to automatically measure the
shortest distance between two selected objects.
NOTE When you measure, you must click on a point on an item to register a point - clicking on the background will
not register anything. You can reset a measure command at any time by right-clicking instead of left-clicking in the
Scene Area. This starts the measure command again with no points registered, just as if you had chosen a new
measurement type.
Endpoints of standard measuring lines are represented as small cross symbols in the Scene Area, and all lines
being measured by a simple line between registered points.
Endpoints of measuring lines that are snapped to center lines are represented as cross symbols with additional
CL markers.
You can change the color and thickness of measuring lines, and toggle the display of dimension label in the
Scene Area.
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