Documentation | Help File | UI | 2D Mode | Menu | Measure | Line

Clicking on the Measure/Line menu item activates the Line measurement tool. The Line measurement tool is used to measure the length of a user-drawn multi-segment line. The measurement result is presented on the Measure panel in map units (see Scale Units).

To measure the length by drawing a line

1. Use the Zoom mode, Zoom extended mode and Drag mode to adjust the extent visible on the Map area to display the area where the measurement is to be performed.
2. Click on the Measure/Line menu item - this invokes the Measure panel over the Selected panel.
3. Within the Map area, move the mouse pointer over the desired location and click - a starting vertex of the line will be added.
4. To add an intermediate vertex along with a line segment move the mouse pointer over the desired location and click. Each time a new vertex is added the measurement is updated and displayed on the Measure panel.
5. To deactivate the measurement tool, click again on the Measure/Line menu item.

Measure panel.

• The icon on the Standard toolbar, if not visible click on the middle icon on the same toolbar and then on the Line item in the drop-down list.

• Other measurement tools: Polygon, Rectangle, Rectangle rotated, Circle.

• The default placement of the Measure panel is above the Selected panel.