Measure Area Tool

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mouse_20 Measure Toolbar : ssMeasureArea

 

In hsCADView the Measure Area Tool facilitates measurement of area of polygons.

 

 

Measuring Areas:

Activate the Measure Area Tool:

Find the Measure Area Tool icon ssMeasureArea from the Measure Toolbar (color coded lavender) and highlight it. While highlighted Click on the tool.  The tool is now the active tool and ready for use. 

                           

mouse_20 Measure Area using Mouse:   

1.Move the mouse and Click anywhere on the screen. This will be the first vertex for polygon, from which the current area will be measured.
2.Move the mouse and Click anywhere on the screen. This will be the second vertex for polygon.
3.Successively select next vertext points to measure Current Area.
4.Alternatively, use SHIFT+ENTER to start new polygon. This will add Current Area to Total Area and reset Current Area to zero to measure new polygon area.

 

Reset:

You have just finished measuring area.  The tool has now Reset and you can either continue with other tools or measure other polygon area again.

 

keyboard_20 Measure Area using Property Tree:   

 

To Measure Area in a more precise manner do the following.  Move the mouse cursor beyond the right side of the drawing screen to the Tool Property Tree. 

ssMeasureAreaProperties

 

1.Type in the Current Point point data into the "Current Point" 3D Point Property Field found on the Tool Property Tree and press Enter to accept.
2.Successively, type in the Current Point point data into the "Current Point" 3D Point Property Field found on the Tool Property Tree and press Enter to accept to keep on adding area to Current Area.
4.Alternatively, use SHIFT+ENTER to start new polygon. This will add Current Area to Total Area and reset Current Area to zero to measure new polygon area.
5.To measure area along an arc, change Measure Mode in Tool Property Tree to "Measure along arc" and type in Start Point, press Enter, type Point on Arc, press Enter, type Tape Point, and press Enter.

 

Reset:

You have just finished measuring area.  The tool has now Reset and you can either continue with other tools or measure other polygon area again.

 

mouse_20 Measure Area Options Menu :   

Options Menu for Measure Area Tool can be accessed by right click on drawing screen while Measure Area Tool is active.

ssMenuMeasureArea

 

NOTE: Measure Area tool can not calculate area of self intersecting polygons or non-planar polygons. In order to calculate these, use "Continuous Mode" and dis-integrate self-intersecting/non-planar polygons into simple polygons.

 

Tool Options:

Continuous Measure keeps on adding the current area to Total area.

Auto Snap turns on common entity snaps for easy selection of points on entities.

Measure along polyline mode allows measuring area along polylines.

Measure along arc mode allows measuring area along circular arcs.

Change Start Point allows user to start a new polygon to measure area.

keyboard_20 Escape (Esc): key cancels current tool and activates the default tool (Pan Tool).

keyboard_20 Space: key Resets this tool.

 

 

 

Also See:

Entity Snaps

Measure Distance Tool

Notification Bar