Measuring Tools

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Measuring Tools


 

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Hover over Measuring Tools to open the following submenu:

 

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Figure 1. Tools Tab Submenu. Measuring Tools

 

The measuring tools are used to measure specific document dimensions:

 

The Distance Tool is used to measure the distance between two points. See here for further information.

The Perimeter Tool is used to measure the distance between multiple points. See here for further information.

The Area Tool is used to measure the area within designated borders. See here for further information.

The Set Scale feature is used to create/select/manage scales used in conjunction with the measuring tools. See here for further information.

Click Export Measurements to CSV File feature to export all measurements contained in the active document to file. Note that when documents that contain perimeter/area annotations are exported to comma-separated-values, the output document will contain an "Alt. Value" column for annotations. This value details the area of perimeter annotations and the perimeter of area annotations.