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

Clicking on the Measure/Rectangle rotated menu item activates the Rectangle rotated measurement tool. The Rectangle rotated measurement tool is used to measure the perimeter and the area of a user-drawn rotated 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 rotated 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 corner vertex of the rectangle will be added.
4. Adjust the rotation of the rectangle and the length of the first face by moving the mouse pointer in any direction.
5. Click to confirm.
6. Adjust the size of the rectangle by moving the mouse pointer perpendicularly to the first face.
7. Click to confirm - the rectangle appears and the measurement is displayed on the Measure panel.
8. To deactivate the measurement tool, click again on the Measure/Rectangle rotated 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 rotated item on the drop-down list.

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

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