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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.

  1. Select Analysis > Measure from the Markup menu.
  2. The Measurement dialog appears.

    Note You can also click the Minimum Distance icon on the Markup toolbar.

  3. Click the Min. Distance tab.
  4. Click First Set to select the entities that you want to measure from.
  5. Select the Snapping Modes that you want to use for measuring.
  6. See EDA Snapping Modes

    Note If you select Net, you cannot select any other type of entity.

  7. Click the first set of entities on the drawing.
  8. The entities are highlighted.

    Note To clear the last set of entities you selected, click Clear Set.

  9. Click Second Set to select the entities that you want to measure to.
  10. Click the second set of entities on the drawing.
  11. The entities are highlighted in a different color.

  12. From the Measured Min Distance drop-down list, select the unit in which you want to measure the distance.
  13. Click Zoom to Result, if you want to zoom in on the measured value on the drawing.
  14. Click Compute.
  15. 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.

  16. Click Close to close the Measurement dialog.

See Also Modifying Measurement Markup Entities


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