Measure Lengths

Menu: Top > Specials > Measure Lengths

  • What
  • Measures and sums the length of lines, arcs, circles, polylines, splines and ellipses.
  • Why
  • To display on the drawing, without using the dimensions, the sum of the lengths of different selected entities.
  • How
  • Select the lines, arcs, circles, polylines, splines and ellipses, the sum of their lengths will be displayed and it will be requested to insert a text describing this data in the drawing. At a affirmative response, insert the text’s height, rotation angle and insertion point.

Example  107. Measure Lengths

Command: Top_Lunghezza <ENTER> Select
           circle, arcs or lines… Select objects: Select objects:
           <ENTER> Selected entities: 3 Total length: 76.5 Insert text
           [Y/N] <N>: Y <ENTER> Text dimension <3>:
           <ENTER> Text Insertion Point: Text’s insertion Angle
           <0>: <ENTER>


[Nota]

Nota

If the current text style (in AutoCAD environment) has a default height – which is not 0.000 – the inserted text height is ignored.