Measuring Minimum Distance
Use the Minimum Distance option to measure the minimum distance between entities. The available entities for snapping are nets, pins, vias and traces.
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 Minimum Distance icon
on the Markup toolbar.
- Click the Min. Distance tab.
- Click
First Set to select the entities that you want to measure from.
- Select the Snapping Modes that you want to use for measuring.
Note If you select Net, you cannot select any other type of entity.
- Click the first set of entities on the drawing.
The entities are highlighted.
Note To clear the last set of entities you selected, click Clear Set.
- Click
Second Set to select the entities that you want to measure to.
- Click the second set of entities on the drawing.
The entities are highlighted in a different color.
- From the Measured Min Distance drop-down list, select the unit in which you want to measure the distance.
- Click Zoom to Result, if you want to zoom in on the measured value on the drawing.
- Click Compute.
The minimum distance from the first set of entities to the second set is highlighted by a line. The measured line path, measurement and unit appear as an entity on the current active markup layer. The measurement, delta-X, delta-Y and the "Manhattan Distance" appear in the Measurement dialog.
Note Click Reset to take another measurement.
- Click Close to close the Measurement dialog.
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