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.
- Select Analysis > Measure from the AutoVue main menu.
The Measurement dialog appears.
Note You can also click the Minimum Distance icon
on the AutoVue toolbar.
- Click the Min.Distance tab.
- Select
First Set to select the entities that you want to measure from.
- Select the Snapping Modes that you want to select as the entities for the measurement.
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.
- Select
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 to the measurement on the drawing.
- Click Compute.
The minimum distance from the first set of entities to the second set is highlighted by a line. The minimum measured distance, Delta-X, Delta-Y and the Manhattan Distance appear in the Measure Minimum Distance dialog.
- Click Close to close the Measurement dialog.
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