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

Clicking on the Measure/Rectangle menu item activates the Rectangle measurement tool. The Rectangle measurement tool is used to measure the perimeter length and the area of a user-drawn rectangle. 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 rectangle

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/Rectangle menu item - this invokes the Measure panel over the Selected panel.
3. Within the Map area, move the mouse pointer over the desired location, then press and hold the left mouse button - a starting corner vertex of the rectangle outline will be fixed.
4. Adjust the size of the rectangle by moving the mouse pointer in any direction.
5. Release the left mouse button - the rectangle appears and the measurement is displayed on the Measure panel.
6. To deactivate the measurement tool, click again on the Measure/Rectangle 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 Rectangle item on the drop-down list.

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

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