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

Clicking on the Measure/Polygon menu item activates the Polygon measurement tool. The Polygon measurement tool is used to measure the perimeter length and the area of a user-drawn polygon. The measurement result is presented on the Measure panel in map units (see Scale Units).

To measure the perimeter length and the area by drawing a polygon

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/Polygon 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 polygon outline will be added.
4. To add an intermediate vertex along with an outline 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/Polygon 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 Polygon item on the drop-down list.

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

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