Measuring Cumulative Distance
Use the Cumulative Distance option to measure the distance along a path of multi-faceted (adjoining) points.
Note If you want a markup entity for the measurement, you must ensure that Add Distance is selected in the Measurement dialog.
- Select Analysis > Measure from the Markup menu.
The Measurement dialog appears.
Note You can also click the Distance icon
on the Markup toolbar.
- Click the Distance tab.
- Select the Snapping Modes that you want to use for measuring.
To select all Snapping Modes click All On. To clear all Snapping Modes click All Off.
- From the Measured Distance Units drop-down list, select the unit in which you want to measure the distance.
- Select Cumulative.
- Click a point on the drawing to define the starting point.
- Continue clicking points along the path that you want to measure.
Each point is joined by a line.
- Right-click to complete the measurement.
The measured line path, measurement and unit appear as an entity on the current active markup layer. The cumulated measured distance, Delta-X and Delta-Y appear in the Measurement dialog.
- Click and drag the frame handle to change the size of the box.
Note Click Reset to take another measurement.
- Click Close to close the Measure Distance dialog.
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